Peking University, April 9, 2026: In a quiet conference room at PKU's School of Earth and Space Sciences, sunlight streams through the window onto Professor Chen Yanjing, a recently elected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. With several geological maps laid out on the ta...

Peking University, March 9, 2026: The story does not begin in a classroom.It begins in transit — airports, high-speed trains, taxis racing between meetings.For Chu Anh Tài (Nils), then a legal assistant for a Vietnamese enterprise dealing directly with Chinese clients across mult...

Peking University, March 6, 2026: Should AI be a parrot or a crow? This was the question posed during a lecture at Peking University's (PKU) Summer Program that Chen Boyuan participated in during his second year of high school.While parrots possess the amazing skill to mimic spee...

Editor's note: Peking University this year has had the honor of having 6 of its professors elected into the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a convincing demonstration of its prowess in research and innovation. In this series, we unpack the stori...

Peking University, February 6, 2026: Editor's note: In our Mastering Mandarin series, we spotlight international students learning Chinese, each with their own reasons, goals, and inspirations. For Kayshia, learning Mandarin is closely tied to her cultural connection and her pass...