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NEW MND SPOKESMAN 　　Colonel Wu Qian has recently been named a new spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense （MND）. He is the fifth person to be appointed to this position since the MND’s first spokesperson made his debut in 2008. 　　It is the first time the MND has had two spokespersons with an overseas education background. Both Wu and Yang Yujun， the other spokesman of the ministry， pursued studies in Britain. Wu once studied at the University of Birmingham and obtained a Master of Business Administration degree. 　　Wu， 42 and a native of Beijing， graduated from the Nanjing-based University of International Relations of the People’s Liberation Army （PLA） in 1995. He began his career as an assistant engineer with the Equipment Technology Research Institute of the PLA Armored Troops before going on to work with the MND Foreign Affairs Office. He also held a term as Chinese assistant defense attaché to the United States. 　　 School Bullying Raises Concern 　　China Newsweek July 13 　　Since March， Chinese media have exposed 26 cases of school bullying across the country， from first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai to underdeveloped regions in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. 　　Bullying often occurs in toilets and dormitories or on the way to and from school. The bullies and the bullied have salient personality characteristics. The former are mostly strong and mature， while the latter are physically weaker and less mature than their peers. Schoolchildren who tend to fall victim to bullying often lack self-confidence and basic social skills. The bullies， who have been accustomed to attacking and injuring others， are not without any merits. Most of them have good social skills， among others. What they lack is the ability to manage negative emotions and the opportunity to secure a sense of achievement. 　　What’s unsettling is that public awareness of child protection remains low despite the fact that the Law on the Protection of Minors has been in plac