This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-05-27 07:55
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On May 27, 1983, the country's first 18 PhD students graduated. Since then, the number of graduates has grown exponentially, reflecting the dramatic expansion of higher education.
An item from July 6, 1994, in China Daily showed 559 students from Tsinghua University's graduate school at their graduation ceremony in Beijing.
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