Yes, I have a sneaking suspicion that the girl was having fun before this incident, and then her parents saw an opportunity. Foreigners are a pretty easy target, legally, and it's also very easy for Chinese news "reports" to whip up anti-foreigner hysteria.
Foreign teachers are indeed barred from discussing politics. A fact that has no bearing on this incident, but it was obviously added to make readers boo and hiss at the bad guy.
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