Farmers' pension in pipeline
A new system to provide individual farmers with a pension is now being drawn up. Once in place, they will transform lives of China's retired agricultural workers, claimed Yang Yansui of the Centre ...Barefoot sports toughen up freshmen
Hundreds of Tsinghua University freshmen participated in a bare-foot sports meeting on Sunday - in an effort to toughen them up - reports Beijing Morning Post.PCs banned in dorms of first-year student
The Beijing-based Tsinghua University has told its first-year students to leave their computers at home. Dormitories are for study and they "need time to adjust to college life," the university sai...Forum on science parks
To celebrate the eighth anniversary of Tsinghua University Science Park and discuss the healthy and sustainable development of university science parks, a special international co-operation forum w...'211' schools lead pack in research
After seven years of development, the 100 universities comprising the "211 Project" have taken a leading role in China's higher education.The "211 Project," which aims to transform 100 universities...100-year-old teacher passes on
President Jiang Zemin yesterday expressed his condolences over the death of his former teacher, Yu-hsiu Ku, saying his noble spirit will always inspire generations of Chinese.Tsinghua not to expel bear-injuring student
Liu Haiyang, a Tsinghua University student who injured two bears in Beijing Zoo with sulfuric acid in February, can continue his study "under supervision", the university decided.Science park hopes to draw more overseas biz
Tsinghua Science Park in Beijing is striving to attract more overseas small and medium-sized high-tech enterprises to settle down and introduce mature technologies from abroad to realize industrial...Solar-car show lights up campus
The summer quiet on campus was broken when a fleet of bizarre-looking cars made their way into Tsinghua University in Beijing last week. Looking like a flock of birds, the flat, glamorous cars caus...Prime divers may miss Asiad
Platform divers Li Chengwei and He Wei of the Tsinghua diving team will probably miss out on the 14th Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. In spite of the fact that Li, the men's 10-metre platform ch...