VOCATIONAL SCHOOL HELPS SHAPE DESTINIES

Shandong institution makes its mark with quasi-military approach

Since its founding in 1984, Shandong Lanxiang Senior Technical School has had its fair share of controversy.

An international media report in 2010 - the authenticity of which was denied by the school - said the institution was at the heart of a secretive global hacking conspiracy, thus giving it an air of mystique.