Project 985

Students face shortage of places on mainland

7 Aug 2012

Only about half the mainland universities that accept local students exam-free are expected to have places left for the last round of enrolments starting today.

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Second academic sacked for fraud

30 Jul 2012

A second university professor has been sacked within a week for falsifying his academic credentials amid mounting public cynicism over the higher-education system.

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Low-key gatherings to remember the dead

24 Jul 2012

A small group of mourners visited the site of the fatal Wenzhou high-speed-train crash yesterday - the first anniversary of the tragedy - but no official commemorations were held.

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U.S. under fire as diplomats pull no punches

21 Jul 2012

Top Chinese diplomats have lambasted the US for undermining Beijing's interests and making strategic mistakes in the Sino-US relationship, accusing Washington of meddling in China's domestic...

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Rights lawyers push enrolment policy reform

18 Jul 2012

Eight human rights lawyers have urged the Ministry of Education to abolish discriminatory enrolment policies at elite universities which put students from some impoverished and populous regions at...

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Shaky foundations

10 Jun 2012

In a second-floor office in the archi-tecture department of the mainland's most prestigious university, Professor Xu Weiguo sits contemplating the changes that have occurred since he enrolled here...

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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The Yale of Shanghai

A formerly cash-strapped private college in Shanghai has become the mainland's first liberal arts college, aiming to nurture talent who can think out of the box.

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Fashion lovers flock to courtyard for designs fresh from Paris

Paris Fashion Week may be over, but the spirit lives on at K11, the 'art shopping mall' in Kowloon. K11's new promotion, Paris, Bonjour!, began with much fanfare as hordes of fashion lovers...

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5,000 eye mainland

About 5,000 Hong Kong students have applied to top mainland universities, including Tsinghua and Fudan, since February 20. Applications end today.

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Censorship official to be dean of journalism

A ministerial-level official in charge of media censorship has been appointed as dean of one of the most prestigious journalism schools on the mainland, prompting concerns that journalism classes...

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Politics is corroding Chinese love of learning

China has an old saying: nothing is as important as reading. This gives the impression that China as a nation loves knowledge and study. But, last year, a survey by the Chinese Academy of...

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Chemistry song has winning formula, despite lyrics

A song about chemistry, with lyrics by the president of Peking University, became one of the most downloaded tunes on the mainland this week - a first for a song about science.

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