President Hu hopes Yale team will build ties

At least two Chinese universities could achieve "world-class" status within the next 20 years, the president of one of the United States' oldest higher education institutions said yesterday in Beijing.

Bush meets with Yale delegation to China

President George W. Bush ’68 met Friday afternoon with Yale President Richard Levin, China’s Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong and other participants in the upcoming Yale trip to China.

Yale hopes for green teamwork

Yale University wants to expand its reach in China with projects to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

This article mentions Yung Wing, the first Chinese to graduate from Yale. He also led an educational mission to Connecticut during the 1870s when China was desperately trying to "modernize" in the face of increasing Western imperialism.