A school principal in northwest China fired a teacher on Saturday who punched a 15-year-old student so hard it shattered his eyeglasses, causing injuries that required 16 stitches.
The incident from May 13 sparked a debate in mainland China about whether teachers should be held liable for hitting students because it was the second such incident that has gone viral in the past month.
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