Peking University to prospective students: check out these hot chicks

By James Griffiths, May 26, 2014

One of China's top universities has been blasted online after posting sexist recruitment ad on social media.

Peking University, the highest ranked Chinese institution in Asia, posted an album of photos of attractive women (purportedly female students at the school) with the title: "Welcome to Apply to Peking University".

Netizens attacked the ad almost immediately, complaining that it "looks like an ad for a brothel", and it was soon taken down. The Nanfang translated some choice reactions:

史上最潮物理老师：It is not wrong to use pretty girls to attract more students, but these girls are so unfortunate, is this an ad for Dongguan?

招财小猫1：It looks like an ad for a brothel!

实都：回复@耶路撒冷冷冷冷冷: Second generation rich and the offspring of government officials, please hurry up and come to Beijing University, we have rich resources here, good quality.

话梅也太咸了：Is this a university or a brothel? Looks like they are recruiting prostitutes!

[Image via Weibo]

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