Soochow University (1900–1952)
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Soochow University (1900–1952)
The original Soochow University ( zh, 東吳大學) was a university based in Suzhou and Shanghai in China, established in 1900. The university was registered in the state of Tennessee in the United States. After the Chinese Civil War, the university was disbanded by the People's Republic of China government in 1952, with its faculties amalgamated with parts of other universities to create various specialist universities in Suzhou and Shanghai. One of these specialist institutions, the Jiangsu Teacher's College (also known as Jiangsu Normal School), took over the main Suzhou campus of the old Soochow University, and in 1982 adopted the English name "Soochow University" (a different Chinese name to the original institution was adopted). A university by the same name (both in English and Chinese) was set up by alumni in Taiwan in 1951. History The original Soochow University was founded by Methodist missionaries in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Qing Dynasty in 1900 as a merger of three existing ...
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Private University
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Jiangsu
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Chung Chi College
The Chung Chi College is one of the constituent colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and one of the three original colleges that joined to form the CUHK in 1963. Founded in 1951 by representatives of Protestant churches in Hong Kong, it was formally incorporated under the Chung Chi College Incorporation Ordinance in 1955. Among the colleges of CUHK, Chung Chi is the only one with a religious background. History Chung Chi College was founded in 1951 by the representatives of Protestant Churches in Hong Kong to meet the need for a local institution of higher learning. The Board of Regents of St. John's University, Shanghai moved to Hong Kong after it was closed by the Communist government and assisted in the founding of Chung Chi College. The college aims to provide further education in accordance with Christian traditions so that its students can develop an appreciation of both Western and Chinese cultures. It was formally incorporated in 1955 under an o ...
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Shanghai University Of Finance And Economics
The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE; ), founded in 1917, is a finance- and economics-oriented research university located in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. The university is under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and is among the national Double First Class University Plan, the former 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project and former Project 211. As the oldest financial and economic specialized university in China, SUFE has enjoyed a reputation of being one of the best finance and economics universities in China for many years. As of 2021, it ranked the best in China among universities specialized on finance, business, and economics in the recent edition of the recognized Best Chinese Universities Ranking. The '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranks SUFE at 15th in Asia in Business and Economics. In 2005, SUFE introduced the academic tenure and became the first university in China t ...
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East China University Of Political Science And Law
East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL; ) is a public university in Shanghai, China, founded in 1952. It has two campuses, one in Songjiang University Town in Songjiang District, and the other in Changning District. History The urban campus is located on the campus of the former St. John's University, an Anglican foundation which was forced to close in the early days of the People's Republic. It also has a new campus housing undergraduate students in the Songjiang University Town, adjacent to the Shanghai International Studies University, Donghua University, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences, Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce, and Shanghai Institute of Visual Art. ECUPL is one of the few higher education institutions in China specializing in legal education. In the field of legal education, ECUPL enjoys unparalleled influence and prestige in Shanghai and greater East China, which is China's most developed geog ...
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The World First Class University and First Class Academic Discipline Construction (), together known as Double First Class (), is a tertiary education development initiative designed by the People's Republic of China central government in 2015, which aims to comprehensively develop elite Chinese universities into world-class institutions by the end of 2050 through developing and strengthening their individual faculty departments. The Double First-Class University Plan has made new arrangements for the Chinese higher education institution development. The universities included in this plan are called Double First Class Universities. The Double First-Class Universities are considered to be the most elite institutions of Chinese tertiary education, representing the top 5% of overall universities and colleges in Mainland China (approximately 3,000 higher education institutions). History In October 2015, the State Council of China published the 'Overall Plan for Promoting the Co ...
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Wu () refers to a region in China centered on Lake Tai in Jiangnan (the region south of the Yangtze River).非常2+1亲子游中国--迷失烟雨江浙 The Wu region was historically part of the ancient Yang Province in southeastern China. The name "Wu" came from the names of several historical kingdoms based in that area. History The first Wu state was established in the late Western Zhou dynasty. Once considered to be a vassal state of the Western Zhou dynasty, the Wu state emerged as a major power among the various states in China at the end of the Spring and Autumn period. The most influential one among the historical Wu kingdoms was the state of Eastern Wu, which existed during the Three Kingdoms period. In the Han dynasty, the Wu region was mainly under the jurisdiction of Wu Commandery, which was a commandery under the larger Yang Province. Wu Commandery was later converted to Wu Prefecture. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the names changed several times between Wu an ...
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David Lawrence Anderson
David Lawrence Anderson (4 February 1850 - 16 March 1911) was an Episcopal minister and missionary to China. Anderson served as the first president of Soochow University as well as a founding member of their board of trustees. He spent one year in Shanghai, China and 26 years in Suzhou, China originally as a religious missionary then mainly in education. He was involved in the formation and solidification of Southern Methodist missionary universities in China. Early life and family David Lawrence Anderson was born on February 4, 1850, in Summerhill, South Carolina to James Harkins Anderson and Mary Margaret Adams, who were a part of a larger merchant family. On December 31, 1879, he married Mary Garland Thomson, a musician and church worker, of Huntsville, Alabama. Together, they had five children. Education Anderson attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He studied for two years before abandoning his studies. Much later, he received an honorary Do ...
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The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaking ethnic group who unified other Jurchen tribes to form a new "Manchu" ethnic identity. The dynasty was officially proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China and Outer Manchuria). It seized control of Beijing in 1644, then later expanded its rule over the whole of China proper and Taiwan, and finally expanded into Inner Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912 when it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing dynasty lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the f ...
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Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named ''Methodists'' for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith". Methodism originated as a revival movement within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death. The movement spread throughout the British Empire, the United States, and beyond because of vigorous missionary work, today claiming approximately 80 million adherents worldwide. Wesleyan theology, which is upheld by the Methodist churches, focuses on sanctification and the transforming effect of faith on the character of a Christian. Distinguishing doctrines include the new birth, assurance, imparted righteousness ...
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