Sudden death of Chinese college student raises attention

SHANGHAI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The sudden death of a 21-year-old Chinese college student on Monday during a basketball course raised people's attention to the health of students in China.

The second-year student, whose surname is Tang, studied at Shanghai Shanda institute. After warming up for a basketball course at 9:30am, Tang suddenly fell down and fainted. He was rushed to hospital but died later.

Wu Qiuyun, deputy director of the institute president's office, told reporters on Tuesday that so far the hospital had not told the cause of the death.

"Tang did not have any record of heart problem," Wu said.

"Tang is a good student. His physiques is almost the same as other students, not very good, not very bad," Wu said.

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