58
(a)
(b)
Note on leng Kong Universit
(a)
29.7.31
The Secretary of State «ks the Committee –
suggest any special line of inquiry that the University
should be advised to pursue.
For guidance or information regarding the possibility and
desirability of attracting Chinese students from Hong Kong
British Universities and workshops,
"Regarding steps that might generally be taken at home for
bringing the intellectual life of Great britain and China
(Hongkong) into closer contact",
Twenty years ago as Governor of Hong kong 1 was deeply
impressed with the immense effect which was being produced in China
by the returned Chinese graduates from Amarion,
(1)
(=)
Kolitically. Imbued with ultra-democratic theories of a
Western type they inculcated the Chinese youth in the
Collages with revoluntionary ideas, and in my view were in
the main emuse of the Revolution and 20 years of subsequent
Civil War.
Koonomically.
Graduates from American Universities with
engineering degrees were eagerly sought after for the
Railways and every other kind of Publie torks which at that
time were being feverishly pushed forward, These young men
were familiar only with American methods and used only
American standards and designs, Baturally, therefore, all
orders were placed with American firms of which they had
confident knowledge.
America: encouraged Chinese students to go to American Universities,
They were made much of there. The Boxer Indemnity was remitted and
used for this purpose.
The British feeling was the rev erse, Not only were Chinese discourage
from going to England, but there was (and still is to some extent,