Tsinghua SEM defended its top title at “12.9 Chorus Contest” on December 9th by collecting three top prizes in the competition, after it took the honorin last year's event.

Over 150 freshmen from Tsinghua SEM took part in the contest, with the songs of " Embracing the New Era" and " The Spring Comes to the Battlefield"

12.9 ChorusContest is an annual event held byTsinghuaUniversityin memory of "12.9Movement" that occurred in Dec. 9th 1935, when students inBeijingheld a patriotic demonstration to protest againstJapan's aggression. The movement later spread to other parts ofChinaand became a nationwide campaign.