New China Archive

China in the 2020s

Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Before the zero-covid lockdowns changed China, people were free to walk around university campuses. I took advantage of this in 2019 and often strolled around Huazhong University’s (HUST) campus. I applied to study Mandarin, but the opportunity fell-through when they switched all classes online after the lockdowns began. HUST is among China’s most prestigious and famous universities. It was founded in 1953 with the merging of several Christian missionary institutions into a new Marxist university.

A stone food dog on the campus of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. 2019
A stone foo dog guards a building on the campus of HUST in Wuhan, China (May, 2019)
A typical Chinese university building in Wuhan, China.
A teaching building on the campus of HUST in Wuhan, China (May, 2019).
This photo depicts a group of Chinese students on the campus of HUST in Wuhan, China. They are gathering under a large bust of Albert Einstein in 2019.
Students gather under an enormous bust of Albert Einstein on the campus of HUST in Wuhan, China (May, 2019).
This building portrays a typical Chinese university building on the campus of HUST in Wuhan. Taken in 2019.
A campus building in the architectural style that is highly typical Chinese universities (May, 2019).
This photo depicts a statue of Confucius in Wuhan, China (2019)
A Western style statue of Confucius on the campus of Huazhong University in Wuhan, China (May, 2019)