On the morning of October 28, Associate Professor Wang Haicheng from the School of Art, Art History, and Design, University of Washington, Seattle, gave a lecture titled “Civilized Aliens in Sanxingdui and the Perils of Historical Interpretation,” sharing his insights into the Sanxingdui Civili...

04 November 2021

On the evening of November 2, 2021, Ms. Marzia Mongiorgi, Head of Economics and Strategy Unit, PRC Resident Mission at Asian Development Bank (ADB), visited Yenching Academy and gave a speech themed “China’s Sustainable and Inclusive Development: Challenges and Opportunities.” Ms. Mongiorgi in...

03 November 2021

Claudine Ukubereyimfura, a 2020 Yenching Scholar from Rwanda, has been a fan of Chinese Kungfu movies since her childhood, and her favorite ones are Dragon Tiger Gate and Enter the Dragon. The image of the Chinese dragon has sort of won her heart.Bruce Lee is Claudine’s favorite Kungfu actor. Sh...

01 November 2021

On the morning of September 30, Professor Liu Yunshan, Associate Dean of the PKU Graduate School of Education, gave a lecture titled “The Trap of Chasing Excellence” in Jingyuan Courtyard 4, sharing her insights on involution and anxiety in China’s education and outlining the essentials of edu...

13 October 2021

On the evening of September 21, the Youth League Branch of the Yenching Academy held a gala at Jingyuan Courtyard 3 to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with our Yenching Scholars in a simultaneous in-person and online event to enjoy the festive evening.Hui Xin Wong from Malaysia and Zhang Jiayu ...

24 September 2021

The new academic year started at Peking University as the autumn breeze blew across campus. The Yenching Academy warmly received 25 Yenching Scholars of its 2021 Cohort on campus and extended warm greetings virtually to the other Scholars who could not enter campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. T...

15 September 2021

On September 11, the Yenching Academy of Peking University hosted the 2021 Opening Ceremony online and onsite at the PKU campus, welcoming its latest seventh cohort of Yenching Scholars. The event featured several guests, including Peking University Vice President Wang Bo, City University of Hong...

13 September 2021

As Beijing welcomes autumn after a long summer holiday, Yenching Academy’s 2021 Cohort moved into their dormitory on the PKU campus, livening the campus mood upon their arrival and registration at the Shaoyuan Courtyard on September 6.On September 6, YCA hosted an Orientation Party to enable the...

08 September 2021

How it started: “Hi Bella, China chose you!”How it’s going: “Hi China, I choose you!”When people ask me “why China?” I do not have a concrete answer. It’s a combination of so many memories, experiences, people, and feelings. Back in 2015, I was studying in Portugal and finishing 11th grad...

30 August 2021

China has always been a big part of my life. For starters, I was born and raised there. My 外公外婆 (grandparents) make it a point to remind me whenever we speak that I am Shanghainese and that it will always be important to my identity. My father is German and was an expatriate at the time, one ...

25 August 2021