Tsinghua Pisses Off Chinese Students

Tsinghua has started a heated debate throughout the country's student population after lowering requirements for applicants that hold foreign passports. This does not come as a huge surprise given that it has been the general feeling that Chinese universities have always been fairly easy for foreign students to get into, scoring subsidizes and scholarships along the way.

Starting this academic year, these new requirements drop a previous requisite that students take a standardized written academic exam before handing in their application. A Chinese language test was also required in earlier years but has since been dropped.

The controversy arises from the fact that this new regulation will allegedly make it easier for Chinese students who have obtained foreign citizenship to get into the prestigious university, University World News reports.

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