A Duke student’s participation in last Wednesday’s pro-Tibet and pro-China protests has led to retaliation against the student and her family and has attracted international attention.

The home of freshman Grace Wang in the city of Qingdao, China was allegedly vandalized as a result of her involvement in the protests. The Chronicle has obtained an image of a bucket of what appears to be feces poured in front of an apartment door from the Chinese Internet forum bbs.cnhan.com. Wang confirmed in an interview that the apartment belongs to her parents.

Her parents are no longer living in the apartment, and cameras have been installed around the building, according to an April 13 e-mail sent to Wang by her mother sent and provided to The Chronicle.

Directions to the family’s residence were posted on the same Internet forum, along with photographs and video from the protests. Family members’ private information-including their Chinese identity numbers and workplaces-were also listed.

A video of Wang standing in front of a Tibetan flag at Wednesday’s protests and appearing to confront pro-China demonstrators was posted on YouTube.com last Thursday and has been viewed more than 600,000 times. Some viewers interpreted the video as evidence of a pro-Tibet stance on Wang’s part.

Although she has acknowledged writing “Free Tibet” on junior Adam Weiss, an organizer of the pro-Tibet protest, Wang denies advocating for Tibetan independence.

“Freedom is not independence,” she said. “Freedom is freedom. I want people to have free thinking and freedom of speech.”