A majority of students polled in a recent national survey reported experiencing or witnessing school bullying, a finding one expert blamed on the reduction of good social conduct on the Internet.

The survey found 73.3 percent of 1,002 survey participants had encountered school bullying, including verbal and physical abuse. Around 54.3 percent of those polled said reporting of such incidents has been on the rise.

In an interview with China Youth Daily, Miao Weiming, an expert specializing in juvenile delinquency studies at East China University of Political Science and Law, said school violence has been escalating in cruelty and randomness as well.