https://www.scmp.com/rss/524785/feed Yu Shiying is a content specialist at Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, focusing on higher education communication and cross-border academic cooperation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Yu Shiying Yu Shiying Last month, the first university jointly established by Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), celebrated its 20th birthday. When the mainland opened up its education sector in 2003 with its new Regulations on Sino-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools, Baptist University was the only Hong Kong university that took the political, academic and administrative leap into the new territory. Amid waves of doubt and criticism, BNBU, then known as United... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3334552/why-hong-kong-universities-are-heading-north-mainland-collaborations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3334552/why-hong-kong-universities-are-heading-north-mainland-collaborations?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 01:30:10 +0000