China teacher held after kids jabbed with syringeA 24-year-old female kindergarten teacher has been detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: in southwest China Southwest China (Chinese: 西南; pinyin: Xinan) is a region of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing; provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou; and the Tibet Autonomous Region. after allegedly stabbing more than 20 children with a syringe to discipline them, state media reported Tuesday. The woman, Sun Qiqi, was taken into custody at the weekend in Yunnan province Noun 1. Yunnan province - a province of southern China Yunnan Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world after angry parents complained to police about the alleged abuse at the unlicensed school in Jianshui county, the China Daily reported. One mother, Zhou Limei, said her four-year-old daughter had been stabbed multiple times last week, on the back of her left hand and on her bottom. It was not immediately clear if the alleged syringe contained any hazardous materials. Children were given ultrasound examinations Ultrasound examination A medical test in which high frequency sound waves are directed at a particular internal area of the body. As the sound waves are reflected by internal structures, a computer uses the data to construct an image of the structures. and HIV tests HIV test Various tests have been used to detect HIV and production of antibodies thereto; some HTs shown below are no longer actively used, but are listed for completeness and context. See HIV, Immunoblot. which were negative, the China Daily said. "Although the blood test shows the children are HIV-negative, I hope the government gives us proper compensation," Zhou told the paper. The Global Times reported that Sun had confessed, saying she had pricked the children to "tame" them and that she was overwhelmed by the 37 three- and four-year-olds in her charge. One three-year-old boy had eight needle wounds, and was allegedly punished for refusing to take a nap, the newspaper said. School principal Bai Yali told the Global Times she knew nothing about the incident, and that Sun's performance had been "good". 
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