University of Groningen Terminates Yantai Branch

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Elizabeth Redden, Canceling Plans for a China Campus; Dutch university calls off ambitious branch campus in China amid both practical objections to the campus plans and principled concerns about academic freedom. Inside Higher Ed, Feb 23, 2018.
https://www.insidehighered.com/n ... branch-campus-china

The first 1+ paragraph: "The University of Groningen had grand plans for a branch campus in China. One of the oldest and largest universities in the Netherlands, Groningen planned to create a broad research university in the northeastern Chinese city of Yantai that would eventually enroll 10,000 students across a range of bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. programs. In 2015, the university signed a tripartite agreement with its partner institution, China Agricultural University, and the city of Yantai, which agreed to cover construction and renovation costs for the campus and to cover budget deficits. Groningen would have joined a small number of Western universities -- including Duke and New York Universities in the U.S. and the Universities of Liverpool and Nottingham in the UK -- with a full-fledged branch campus in China. It was not to be. Groningen's board announced late last month that it would not proceed with plans to offer Groningen degrees in Yantai

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest. The University has a second thought, for many reasons.
(b) University of Groningen  (founded in 1614 by the city of Groningen; public)  Wikipedia

(c) Groningen (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_(disambiguation)

Basically (disregarding minor places outside the the Netherlands), City of Groningen is capital of Province of Groningen.
(j) For the name origin, see The Development of Democracy in the Province. provincie groningen, undated
https://www.provinciegroningen.n ... en/english/history/
("In the year 1040, the original name of the city Groningen, 'Villa Cruoninga,' was first mentioned in a letter.  With this letter, king Henry III granted the domain wares to the diocese of Utrecht [a book said to bishop Utrecht")

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
(1016-1056; emperor 1046-1056; In 1040 he was Kings of Germany, of Italy and of Burgundy (in present-day France) )
(ii) John Everett-Heath, Place Names of the World - Europe; Historical context, meanings and changes. MacMillan, 2000, at page 209
https://books.google.com/books?i ... uoninga&f=false
("Groningen   [ancient name:]Villa Cruoninga   A province whose name is derived from the Old German grüni, green")