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I'm Steve Hatherly, today with Niu Honglin and Fei Fei.
Coming up, tourists wandering into lecture halls, students complaining they can't find a seat,
all because one university in China decided to open its campus to the public.
Suddenly a simple question doesn't seem so simple anymore.
Who actually gets to use a university?
One university here in China recently reopened its campus to the public,
and almost immediately the internet exploded with debate.
Some people treated the campus like a scenic attraction,
while others argued, "Wait, aren't universities supposed to be open in the first place?"
What should happen when a place designed for learning suddenly becomes a public hotspot?
Can universities really balance openness, safety, privacy, and public access all at the same time?
And why has something as ordinary as entering a campus suddenly become such an emotional topic in China today?
It's a hot debate online and it's growing over university campuses opening up to the public
and why one school's decision has sparked this huge heated conversation.
And it really is a huge heated conversation.
Yes, and this catalyst coming from Wuhan University in the city of Wuhan in Central China.
And that university announced on May the 13th this year it would officially cancel its public reservation system.