The case has shaken staff and students at Illinois’ flagship public school in Urbana-Champaign. Zhang’s father, Ronggao Zhang, travelled to the university from the family’s home in Nanping, China, to await word on his daughter. The University of Illinois has the largest Chinese student population of any U.S. college, with 5,600 students enrolled, according to U.S. government data. By chance, U of I representatives recently held a previously scheduled orientation session in China for students headed to the school and their parents. Henry Chang-Yu Lee, a Connecticut-based criminal forensics expert who was born in China, said Zhang’s case stands out because she disappeared in daylight hours.

Source: National Post June 26, 2017 20:21 UTC