Harvard programme moves from Beijing to Taipei

‘Lack of friendliness among reasons’

An intensive summer language programme hosted by Harvard University in Beijing will relocate to Taiwan in summer of 2022, as the U.S.-China relationship remains strained.

The programme is moving to Taipei and will kick off next summer with about 60 students who will take eight weeks of classes, National Taiwan University confirmed on Wednesday.

The decision was in part “due to a perceived lack of friendliness from the host institution” in Beijing, according to Harvard’s student paper the Crimson, which first reported the move.