Wuchang Chunghua University
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Wuchang Chunghua University (pinyin: Wǔchāng Zhōnghuá Dàxué, lit. 'Wuchang University of China') was the first private university in China to be independently founded by individuals without help from government or foreigners. It was founded in 1912 (1912) by Chen Shi and his father Chen Xuankai, and migrated to Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the Chinese Communist Revolution, Chunghua University was merged with Huachung University and Chung Yuan University to form today's Central China Normal University in 1952 (1952). Its old campus was left to Wuchang Wenhua Middle School.
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