無奈的品牌力量: 中國富二代留英學生5000英鎊行賄教授獲刑
A court heard that Li, 26, was studying a masters degree in innovation and technology management and feared failure.
根據英國 《每日郵報》報道， 22日，因試圖賄賂教授獲取學位，一名中國留學生被判入獄12個月；同時，又因其攜帶仿真槍械，被判6個月監禁。
He was dismayed to learn he had been given just 37 per cent for his dissertation which was a fail - and would have meant him spending an extra year at the university.
That would have affected Li’s visa which he was hoping to upgrade from a student visa to a tier 1 visa.
26歲的中國留學生李洋 (音)正在英國巴斯大學就讀研究生，專業方向是創新和技術管理。然而，他的學位論文沒有及格，只得到了37分，及格線是40分。教授爲李洋提供了三種選擇，但無論李洋怎麼選，他都無法如期畢業，必須再讀一年。而延期畢業更會影響到他的簽證。李洋原本打算在畢業後將他的簽證從學生簽證申請升級成第一類簽證。
Li, who was born and educated in China, asked to meet Professor Andrew Graves and Dr Stephen Shepherd to discuss his options.
Bristol Crown Court heard he told the pair ‘I am a businessman’ before placing ￡5,000 in cash on the table.
據布裏斯托爾皇家法院，李洋在見到兩位導師後就告訴他們：“我是個商人。”隨後，李洋掏出5000英鎊現金放在桌上，說： “如果你們讓我及格並且畢業，你們就可以拿走桌上的錢。我保證再也不會來煩你們。”
He then said: 'There is a fourth option, you can keep the money if you give me a pass mark and I won’t bother you again.'
When that failed and he was asked to leave he picked up his coat and a 0.177 air pistol fell from the pocket.
這一招沒有起效，教授不肯答應修改李洋學位論文的成績，還要求他馬上離開。在李洋起身拿外套的時候，一把0.177口徑的手槍從他的外套口袋裏掉了出來。
Defending Li, Blake James said Mr Li came from an affluent family in China, where his father is a respected government official and James said Li was not a 'sham student' and had come to the UK in 2006 for a Computer Science degree at the University of Bath, which he passed.
He claimed Li had withdrawn the money that morning ‘for the weekend’ and had not meant to use it as a bribe. He added that the gun was in his pocket as he thought it was safer than the car, and he had no intention of using the weapon which he used for target practice.
李洋的律師休·布雷克·詹姆斯辯護稱，李洋來自一個比較富有的中國家庭，性格很好，而他的父親是一名中國政府官員，同時也是一名商人。當天早上，李洋拿錢出來是爲了和教授一起歡度週末，而不是爲了賄賂他們以獲取學位。 “李洋已經習慣了隨身攜帶大量現金。他當天一時衝動把身上的錢都拿出來，這確實讓對方感覺荒謬，更對他產生誤會。”
