Hong Kong University of Science and Technology gets approval for Guangzhou campus, in time for handover anniversary | South China Morning Post

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has received approval from China's education authorities to set up a campus in Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province, in another example of closer ties between the mainland and the city ahead of the handover anniversary. The Guangzhou campus of HKUST follows on from a collaboration between Beijing Normal University and Hong Kong Baptist University United International College to set up a campus in Zhuhai in 2005, and Chinese University of Hong Kong's establishment of a campus in Shenzhen in 2014. City University of Hong Kong is also awaiting approval for…