Tsinghua’s War with Tradition — How a Chinese University Decoupled Itself from its Better Angels, Again
Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Upon taking up a position at Tsinghua College (later Tsinghua University) in 1914, the prominent thinker and political activist Liang Qichao (梁启超, 1873-1929) addressed a student audience on the need to support academically outstanding and socially committed men and women.… Read