Students queue outside the modern glass building of University of Science and Technology of China East District Library at 7:30 AM sunrise, with morning light reflecting off the contemporary architecture as students wait for the facility to open.

University of Science and Technology of China

The University of Science and Technology of China is a place that incorporates “cutting-edge” into its emblem and treats “black technology” as breakfast. While other schools are still struggling with the “Double First Class” policy, it has quietly sent quantum satellites into space, breaking the world record for fiber optic quantum communication (USTC News, 2023)….