CHINA LACKS TOP-RANKING UNIVERSITIES, SAYS ACADEMIC
China has no global top-ranking universities, said Xu Zhihong, a member of the Chinese Academy of Science and ex-president of Peking University, at a lecture in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Xu said global top-ranking universities have three characteristics. First, they have world-famous professors conducting high-level research. Second, they possess a collection of achievements that could affect human civilization and the development of society and the economy. Third, a large number of outstanding people who have made great contributions to human civilization have graduated from these universities.
Source: University World News
URL: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100424171912795
