No one likes exams, but some hate them more than most.
An unpopular mandatory Mandarin test at a public university has drawn attention to one of the Hong Kong’s most divisive issues: language.
Hong Kong's publicly funded Baptist University has come under fire in an ongoing debate surrounding its Mandarin language requirement for graduation.
In Hong Kong, Cantonese is commonly spoken, not Mandarin.
A January protest over the issue turned into an eight-hour stand-off between student protesters and administrators.
The protests went viral on social media after video circulated showing the student union leader cursing during a confrontation with lecturers.
On Monday, Baptist University's discipl
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Jan 24, 2018