China University teaches how to seduce opposite sex

Moving away from social norms, a University in China is actually teaching the art of seduction to students.

Brainchild of Wang Rui, 23, the co-founder of a student social clu

Xie Shu (C), a teacher at Tianjin University, conducting a pick-up lesson with students in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin. Pic/AFP

The lessons are taught by professor Xie Shu who has diversified from his core subject of Communist ideology to a more hands-on subject - seduction.

His 'Theory and Practice of Romantic Relations' course at Tianjin University includes lectures on pick-up techniques, self-presentation and how to entice the opposite sex.

A teacher at Tianjin University, giving a pick-up lesson to students in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin. Pic/AFP

The lessons for boys include how to 'upgrade their looks' and 'not ask questions to girls like it's an police investigation' while for girlsthe lessons included 'running their hands through their hair' and 'looking the boy in the eye even if they feel intimidated'.

Tianjin is China's first university to integrate such a course into its curriculum, giving students credit towards their degrees for attending -- an indication of slowly loosening social norms in China after decades of more straight-laced traditionalism.