generate questions: 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.
In what year was the Imperial Tientsin University founded in China? {sep_token} What was the first university to offer courses in liberal arts? {sep_token} What portion of China's elite universities still have a primary polytechnical focus today? {sep_token}