Context: China's modern higher education began in 1895 with the Imperial Tientsin University which was a polytechnic plus a law department. Liberal arts were not offered until three years later at Capital University. To this day, about half of China's elite universities remain essentially polytechnical.

Question: In what year was the Imperial Tientsin University founded in China?
Answer: 1895

Question: What was the first university to offer courses in liberal arts?
Answer: Capital University

Question: What portion of China's elite universities still have a primary polytechnical focus today?
Answer: half