IMO is old man mentality about "having no problems"
Low education from gov on these teachers
Low education from gov on students and parents
I'm not sure what an "old man" mentality about "having no problems" is. You mean misogynism?
Poor education of teachers... maybe. But would teacher training realistically be needed to say it's not ok to rape a student?
Poor education of students and parents. Maybe more to do with automatic deference to authority and a suspicion that the police won't help?
I still think it's more likely the lack of pay. When I was in China, none of the graduates I knew were going into teaching. It seemed to be associated with a low status.
However it should be noted that the Police force was responsible that it took it seriously and didnt just ignore it (I am having mixed feelings for commending them for just believing rape-victims, very low bar...)
Well if you don't believe rape victims, how can you ever prosecute? Believing the allegation is credible should lead to an investigation. But an investigation need not lead to prosecution.
Sexual assalt and rape are crimes that across all countries has very poor detection and prosecution rates. Clearly the police can't do anything if they're not approached. However, in the case of children it's normally unlawful for an adult to have sex with them in any situation, so it should be a lot easier to deal with.
What kind of mental gymnastic are you showing here? Do I need to remain you how the Catholic churches and boy scouts get away with rape and sexual harassment with intimidation and threats for decades.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Are you saying that Chinese educators need a couple more decades to abuse their students until they have time to catch up to standards in other countries? Or are you suggesting that there was no rape in China until recently?
There are no mental gymnastics. People don't get rich (at least apart from US evangelicals) being a priest or scout master. Those are volunteer positions, albeit priests can have a minimum lifestyle supported by their church. So pay isn't realistically going to be an issue. Rather it was about having unsupervised access to children.
In contrast teachers normally spend the vast majority of their time with children in the presence of others. Teaching is also a paid profession supposed to support an entire lifestyle and potentially a family. In many countries they are well paid because educators are respected. What adequate pay for a teacher should be is up for discussion. However, given the poor provision of education in China, particularly in poorer provinces, pay is an important issue.
The teacher in question here was from Hunan province. I couldn't tell you if Luxi county was especially poor, but Hunan itself is not exactly Shanghai or Beijing. So that would in my mind make pay seem even more of a factor. If you disagree, are you aware of similar stories from wealthier Chinese cities?
The point isn't that Chinese teachers are all potential rapists so their pay needs to be increased, it's that overall education in China has very patchy provision and that increasing pay across the board would help attract better people who go into other industries. Anyone can teach if they have some empathy and are moderately smart (and don't hate children). It's not like professional sports where realistically there only so many people you can recruit. All those young graduates who look for jobs every year could teach - if the pay was right.
Better pay was part of the discussion I had over Chinese demographics recently here and how in my view many people were put off children due to the very high cost of getting into good schools.
Many best and brightest in China have become teachers but they are concentrated in Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shanghai etc.
Obviously there are some well paid teachers in China, but the public sector especially in poorer provinces is not going well. This is generally accepted even in the PRC.
The best teachers cram into the cities and those who can't have to stay in less developed regions. It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out those people are probably not the sort of people you would want teaching your children.