Dhanasree arrived in China to dive into the country’s tech scene. However, she soon found that time in China became much more of a “choose-your-own adventure.” Taking a break from a career in investment banking allowed Dhanasree to explore the world through a less quantitative lens. Adventures...

30 April 2021

Coming from a small town in Spain, Beijing initially struck Alicia as a crush of people. Overtime, she learned to master the daily rhythms of city life – from rush hour on the Beijing subway to late night taxi rides through winding streets. As one of the few international students to stay on cam...

30 April 2021

Spending four years as an undergraduate at Peking University, Jingyuan had already been one of Yiran’s favorite places before entering Yenching Academy. Before the interview, she shared an article she wrote for Peking University Gazette, telling the story of encountering an international student...

30 April 2021

Deeply impressed by the delicate yard of Jingyuan, Zhongshu had been longing to study in Yenching Academy ever since her admission interview. The memories she cherishes most of Jingyuan are ordinary but touching moments of taking classes and being a teaching assistant, twice enjoying the autumn s...

30 April 2021

Zuhal Fidan is an international student of Yenching Academy from Turkey. She likes the elegant and beautiful scenery in Jingyuan as well as the common spaces where she can communicate with others. For her, Jingyuan has a traditional beauty that is completely different from that of modern architec...

30 April 2021

Dong Wang considered Yenching Academy itself as a “door” to all kinds of possibilities for history, future, and life. The Yenching Academy journey has greatly shaped him. Inspired by it, he thus determined to pursue his own passion in philosophy and religion and switched his concentration for a...

30 April 2021

Mr. Hua Lü is the Head of Security at Yenching Academy, and he is always addressed as Captain Lü for his amiability. For more than two years in this position, he has led the team and guarded Jingyuan, be it stormy, rainy, or sunny. Captain Lü once took a brief leave for a week, but he soon return...

30 April 2021

The past weekend is long over in China, and as the sun set in the distant horizon to the west of Beijing last Sunday, our conference finally came to its official conclusion. It has been three days of inspiring and thought-provoking lectures and conversations, three days of intercultural dialogue,...

23 April 2021

Dear Yenching Scholars, colleagues, friends,It’s truly a great pleasure and honor to speak here. For these passed YGS openings, I got used to deliver the welcome remarks as the Dean of the Yenching Academy of Peking University. But this year is different, I have to say that I accepted the warm i...

17 April 2021

Opening Ceremony of the Yenching Global Symposium Beijing, April 16th, 2021 --- Today’s inspiring opening ceremony held both in Beijing and virtually all over the world marked the official start of a new iteration of the Yenching Global Symposium. This year, we were joined by more than 150 outst...

16 April 2021