MERGER OF EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY AND SHANTUNG UNIVERSITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500190005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Just after the Communists took Shantung in 1949, they established the East
China University on the premises of the former Provincial Training Corps
outside of Tung Kuan (.C ?A ), Tsinan, and started training Communist
cadres there. Since then, more than 5,000 men in six graduation classes have
completed their Communist cadre training at the university and have been assigned
to the various hsien and city governments and industrial and agricultural or.-
ganizations in Shantung Province. In April 1951, the Ministry of Culture and
Education ordered the amalgamation of the East China and Shantung Universities
Students at East China University who were taking courses available at Shan-
tong University were asked to enroll at Shantung University. Students at
Shantung University strongly opposed this because the standard of education
at East China University was low: Some of the students at East China Univer-
sity had not even completed their junior middle school education. Consequently, they
sent a protest to HUA tang chairman of Shantung University. Stude&.s
of East China University, anon hearing of the oppisition, considered S antung
University students reactionary and backward.
2, After receiving the protest from Shantung University students, HUA .bang held
a meeting with the faculty, staff members, and student representatives of
Shantung University, at which it was decided to amalgamate the two universities
completely. HUA Aang is chairman of the amalgamated university and TING
Chih-.kang (I k; *j ) is deputy chairman. HUA hang, former editor of the
Ta Krum Pao in Hong Kong, assumed the chairmanship of Shantung University in
1950. CHAD Ta ai-ping ( ) , the former chairman of Shantung University;
was appointed to a nrofessorship at Shantung University early in 1951 after he
had completed his"study and remodelling.."2
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education in China The recruitment of students for military 25X1 A
academies is reported in and the standardized curri-
cula for all military a no ca universities in China for~ 1951 is re-
ported in 25X1 A
Comment. Other Chinese Corimunist universities in Tsi.nan are
discussed in 25X1 A
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