The increase of female students follows government efforts to boost the number of girls in higher education. It also reflects a marked change from earlier times when girls had far fewer educational opportunities than boys.
Newly enrolled female students exceeded males this year for the first time in the 91-year history of coeducation at Nankai University, the Beijing Youth Daily reports. The university's enrolment report says 1,662 female students joined as undergraduates this year, accounting for 53.1 percent of the 3,127 freshers. The increase of female students follows government efforts to boost the number of girls in higher education. It also reflects a marked change from earlier times when girls had far fewer educational opportunities than boys.
Zhengzhou revamps police organization
In an effort to streamline police duties, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, overhauled the organization of its police departments Saturday by combining all 10 of its sub-offices with 114 stations to form 29 new stations, Xinhua reports. Police stations now fall directly under police offices, without a police sub-office intermediary. Zhengzhou hopes the move will speed up response.
360 loses 20% of customers
Statistics show that 360 has lost 60 million customers, approximately 20 percent of its market share, in its ongoing battle with Tencent, the Beijing Daily reports. Tencent CEO Ma Huateng said on Sunday that its WebQQ chat page and online games run by Kingsoft were under attack from 360, an allegation dismissed by 360 described as an ugly lie.