New | China’s top university changes graduation ceremony slogan, no longer shouting ‘revive A shares’
Graduating students from Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management will no longer shout about "reviving A shares" in the mainland's roller-coaster.
Students from Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management are to gather for their graduation ceremony today - but the slogan they shout will no longer be about "reviving A shares" in the mainland's roller-coaster.
An official e-mail from Tsinghua on Friday, seen by the Sunday Morning Post, had instructed the students to "shout loudly the slogan, 'revive Ashares, benefit the people'".
Beijing-based Tsinghua is widely known as "China's MIT" for its research in advanced technology. In more recent decades, its economics school, whose founding dean was former premier Zhu Rongji , has gained a reputation for its influence on government policies for national economic reforms.
However, students at Tsinghua told the Post on Friday that the school had since ordered students to stop circulating the slogan about "reviving A shares".
Students later received a text message from staff at the school, which said the slogan was an "inside joke" suggested by students and was not approved by the faculty.