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

Between the 21st and 27th of June, Scholars and staff of the Yenching Academy of Peking University went on a week-long study trip to Chengdu and Chongqing, located in southwestern China. This trip, combined with lectures and online resources, is part of the YCA 2021 compulsory course titled "Fiel...

16 July 2021

On July 12, the Yenching Academy of Peking University held its fifth commencement ceremony to celebrate and award academic degrees to its graduating fifth cohort scholars. Over 100 guests attended the simultaneous onsite and online event, including Yenching Academy Dean Yuan Ming, Associate Deans...

15 July 2021

The Yenching Academy of Peking University introduces its seventh cohort: 104 outstanding young scholars who will enroll in the interdisciplinary China Studies Master's program this September. The scholars hail from 35 countries and regions; 79 international students will come together with 25 Chi...

13 July 2021

On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, the Yenching Academy of Peking University hosted a delegation of Embassy diplomats from Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia and Slovakia. The delegation from Central and Eastern European countries met with several Yenching Scholars to learn about their studies at ...

28 May 2021

On the 9th of May 2021, the Yenching Academy of Peking University held a Bai Xian Alumni Talk: From Jingyuan to the World. The session featured three guest speakers talking about their unique stories. They include Ng Junyang from Singapore, Kazuki Miyazaki from Japan, and Pham Thi Thuy Duong (Han...

10 May 2021