Asia

‘This is a regime that believes you should govern by clubbing people,’ says Frank Dikötter

Overseas campuses in Malaysia and China offer University of Nottingham students the global outlook necessary for today’s world, says Shearer West

Having caught up in the numbers game, Tsinghua and China more widely are ready to pursue research and teaching suited to their unique priorities, says Bin Yang

Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts

Strikes planned, welcomes canned, visits discouraged and events cancelled as campuses brace for strife

Experts raise further concerns over excellence initiative after 14 more universities granted elite status

New term may force vice-chancellors to confront issue of mass demonstrations, experts say

Ongoing efforts to iron out regional anomalies are creating as many problems as they solve, says Ceren Ergenc

New figures suggest steep rises in university participation rate in several Middle-Eastern countries, say Justin D. Martin and Fouad Hassan

Those fired and imprisoned for signing a 2016 statement condemning Turkish military action still have a long struggle ahead, says Mehmet Ugur

But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations

Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise