- HOW VODACOM MOZAMBIQUE SAVED EMISSION OF 1,200 GREENHOUSE GAS
- APPIATSE TOWNSHIP PROJECT RECONSTRUCTION INAUGURATED IN GHANA
- EMZOR TO CONSTRUCT US$$23M API FACILITY IN NIGERIA
- TANZANIA PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED CONTRIBUTION OF TZS100MILLION FOR ARUSHA CHURCH CONSTRUCTION
- KITGUM-KIDEPO ROAD UPGRADE: UGANDA PARLIAMENT APPROVED SHs450BILLION LOAN
CHINESE UNIVERSITIES TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF N’KOREA STUDENTS
In a sign that China is increasing pressure on North Korea over its nuclear program, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) is reporting that Chinese universities are taking steps to limit the number of North Korean students in the country.
North Korean students seeking to major in physics or material science and engineering are reportedly being targeted for rejection. Recruiters at Chinese colleges told the SCMP that they are following orders from the central government in restricting or turning away North Korean students and have placed currently enrolled students under surveillance.
one college official in Beijing said ”For those already on campus, we can’t send them back home, but each of them is closely watched and followed by security personnel, or through technical methods, to prevent them from obtaining sensitive materials”.
“If the [hydrogen bomb] test was conducted earlier, I’m not sure whether they could have made the trip,” he said, adding that his institution would rather stop all enrolment from North Korea as it brings “trouble” to the university.