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Wuchang Chunghua University () is the first private university in China that is independently founded by individuals without the help from government or foreigners. It was founded in 1912 by Chen Shi() and his father Chen Xuankai (), and migrated to
Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
during the
Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
. After the
Chinese Communist Revolution The Chinese Communist Revolution, officially known as the Chinese People's War of Liberation in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and also known as the National Protection War against the Communist Rebellion in the Republic of China (ROC ...
, Chunghua University was combinationed with
Huachung University Huachung University () was a Christian university in Wuhan, in China's Yangtze valley, originally called Boone University, was founded by the union of several Christian universities in 1924 and renamed Huachung in 1929. The university expanded unti ...
and Chung Yuan University to form today's Central China Normal University in 1952. Its old campus was left to Wuchang Wenhua Middle School.


Notable alumni

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Yun Daiying Yun Daiying (August 12, 1895 – April 29, 1931) was an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party. Early life In 1913, Yun Daiying entered the private Zhonghua University in Wuchang, and after graduation in 1918, he stayed there as an i ...
() - early leader of the
Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...
. * Guang Weiran () - a Chinese poet and military leader. * Chen Tanqiu () - founding member of the Chinese Communist Party.


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