ብሎም፣ ተማሪዎቹ ለዩንቨርስቲው በጻፉት ደብዳቤ አፍሪካዊ ተማሪዎች እንዲባረሩ ሲጠይቁ “በአፍሪካውያን እና በቻይናውያን ሴቶች መካከል ያለው የፍቅር ግንኙነት የቻይናን ኅብረተሰብ ቀውስ ውስጥ እየከተተው እንደሆነ” በምክንያት ገልጸዋል፡፡
The Chinese students wrote letters and demanded the university expel African students because "dating between African students and Chinese girls had disrupted the stability of Chinese society". The trigger for such incidents usually involved romantic relationships between Chinese women and African men, with the Chinese female students being labelled as "traitors of the Han Chinese" and "whores".