Two sisters have publicly accused their father, Fu Lei, a 47-year-old former doctoral supervisor at Wuhan University’s College of Chemistry, of maintaining a decade-long extramarital affair with a student who currently serves as a professor at the same institution. The sisters, aged 20 and 15, detailed these allegations in an 86-page document published online, which has since generated significant attention on Chinese social media platforms.

Beyond the allegations of an affair, the document reportedly contains claims of academic misconduct. While the sisters have provided extensive documentation to support their claims, the university has not yet issued a comprehensive public statement regarding the specific details of the accusations or their plans for an internal investigation. The report highlights a growing trend in China where individuals utilize social media to bypass traditional reporting channels when seeking accountability for personal and professional grievances. Because the accused party has not yet provided a formal public rebuttal, the allegations remain one-sided at this stage of the public discourse. The situation has sparked a broader conversation regarding academic ethics and the power dynamics between supervisors and students within Chinese higher education institutions.