On February 22, Dr. Zhao Hao from the Peking University School of Archaeology and Museology and Peking University Sanxingdui Archaeology Team delivered a lecture at Yenching Academy’s fifth class of the 2022-20223 China Studies Lecture Series titled “Archaeological Discoveries at Sanxingdui and...

08 March 2023

The cold breeze of the winter night in Beijing blows across his cheeks, and a big smile is on the corner of his mouth. He heard roaring cheers from the crowd in the distance, and eye-catching lights flickered before him. In an instant, countless fireworks bloomed in the sky, and the sound was lik...

01 March 2023

On the afternoon of February 14, 2023, Yenching Academy of Peking University hosted the Ambassador of France to China, H.E. Laurent Bili, and other French Embassy officials for its first Ambassador Speaker Series of 2023.

16 February 2023

Thanks to the efforts of the Student Affairs Office and our Alumni Secretary Team, YCA alumni around the globe met and joyed last autumn. They organized several alumni events, nourishing the YCA family with love and warmth.

30 December 2022

“I’m unsure whether I can make it at all, but I want to keep looking at the star. I hope that I can have substantive China studies from diverse international perspectives. The star is probably far away, and I won’t stop looking at it.”

21 December 2022

On the evening of December 8, the three winners of the 14th Prix Fu Lei (Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award) were unveiled. Professor Dong Qiang, President of the 2022 Prix Fu Lei Organizing Committee and Dean of Yenching Academy, sat for an interview with Chinanews.com, discussing how the P...

12 December 2022

Editor’s note： Ekaterina Kaligaeva (Belarus), Matthew Aaron Kelly (Ireland), and Ann Hermann (USA) from the 2022 Cohort of Yenching Academy sat in an interview with Chinanews.com on their life and study in China. They had an animated talk about China in their eyes.

02 December 2022

This year’s YCA Olympics, one of Yenching Academy’s student-initiated feature events, kicked off as scheduled from November 7 to 11 as the winter season tiptoed in.

22 November 2022

The 18th Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) congregated in Djerba, Tunisia, November 19–20. More than 30 heads of state and government joined discussions on several issues, including digital development and youth employment.

21 November 2022

Last week, Yenching Academy organized a field study of several sites in Beijing as part of the Academy’s multidisciplinary study and exploration of Chinese society and civilization and China’s place in the rapidly transforming contemporary international system.

18 November 2022