In the last few days a statement is being circulated by the faculty in Beida opposing the Yanjing Academy, which is a new concept being promoted by the authorities. 

(COMMENT: Plans to establish a Rhodes Scholarship type of in-residence elite academy called the Yenching Academy in the prestigious Peking University, is being opposed by students and faculty. People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s official mouthpiece, on July 11, quoted Peking University President Wang Enge as saying that details about the establishment of the Yenching Academy would be finalised only after discussions with students. Peking University students say the Yenching Academy will become a symbol of elite privilege, its 100 students will live on the school’s best plot of land, have the best teachers, and will have bright and spacious class and dorm rooms.)