and China Celebrating 100 Years of Engagement

1914 1949 1995 2009 2013 University of Minnesota The first three students from University Professor Richard Mather established President led The University of Minnesota-Morris signed a partnership agreement The University of Minnesota-Duluth’s China—Pan Wen Huen, Pan the Chinese language and literature program at the two University presidential with Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. The partnership Labovitz School of Business and and China: 3 Wen Ping, and Kwong Yih University of Minnesota . delegations to China in 1995 offers qualified Chinese students the opportunity to complete their first Economics course “Business and Economy 100-Year History Timeline Kum—enrolled at the University and 19962. year of baccalaureate study in Shanghai and then transfer to the Morris in China” took students to China to tour of Minnesota1. campus. Students then earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of various companies and learn about doing 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the Minnesota7. business in China8. first students from China at the University 1922 of Minnesota. Today the University boasts Wong Jee Lum, who earned a doctorate in dental surgery in 1922, was 1952 President led a University presidential delegation to Hong some 10,000 Chinese alumni and has sent six 1 Joseph Ling earned his doctorate in sanitary the first Chinese student to graduate from the School of Dentistry . 2001 Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, and Taipei. He renewed agreements presidential delegations to China, leading to engineering in 1952 and became a distinguished 1979 The Carlson School of Management’s China Executive Master of Business with nine partners including the Chinese Academy of Sciences2. more than 30 current strategic partnerships with environmental engineer and vice president at 3M4. Regent Wenda Moore headed the first University of Minnesota Administration program was established in 2001 in collaboration with Chinese universities. University students are delegation to China2. Sun Yat-Sen University Lingnan College6. studying in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, 1962 and Taiwan while world-renowned University The University welcomed the Foo-Hsing Theatre from Taiwan, whose faculty members are working with Chinese performance troupe included 50 Chinese children1. 1981 Ralph Rapson, head of the School researchers to address some of the world’s most of Architecture, sent the first pressing problems. The University of Minnesota 1945 group of architecture students anticipates another 100 years of spectacular The University worked with the Food and Agricultural Organization of to Tianjin University in Tianjin, 2011 exchange with China! the United Nations to welcome 10 Chinese students to the University China, in 19815. The University’s American Cultural Center for Sport was established to to study agricultural engineering. They went on to become the first bring culturally oriented instruction, exchanges, and engagement to Chinese generation of agricultural engineering scientists in the People’s Republic people. It is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota’s China of China2. Center and School of Kinesiology, and Tianjin University of Sport2. www.china100.umn.edu Chinese Student Enrollment Trend9 - 3 students - 11 students - 11 graduate students - 36 graduate students - 54 graduate students - 198 students - 401 students - 602 students - 767 students - 897 students - 2,815 students 1914 1924 1934 1944 1954 1964 1974 1984 1994 2004 2013 1927 Alumnus Perry O. Hanson, who was the principal of the Academy for Chinese 1973 The National Chinese Opera Theatre from Taiwan performed at the University. 1981 The Chinese women’s national basketball team visited the University and 1996 University President Nils Hasselmo visited China and Taiwan. During the trip, 2006 University of Minnesota-Crookston Vice Chancellor Joe Massey and Chancellor Boys at Taianfu, Shantung, published an announcement in the Minnesota Alumni The company of 80 presented singing, dancing, mime, ritual sword fighting, the art played exhibition games against the Gopher women’s basketball team. he awarded an honorary doctorate degree to Professor Tang Peisong, the father of Emeritus Donald Sargeant traveled to Hangzhou, China, to develop cooperative About China 100 Weekly requesting funds to support his initiatives in China. He established two of Kung Fu, and acrobatics. 1981 Ralph Rapson, head of the University’s School of Architecture, sent the first plant physiology, who was 94 years old at the time. agreements with Zhejiang Economic and Trade Polytechnic. 1914 - 2014 middle schools in Taianfu. 1974 An agricultural delegation led by University alumnus and Henan group of architecture students to China. It offered them the unique opportunity to 1996 Tsiang Yien-Si received an honorary doctorate of law degree from the University. 2007 China’s State Food and Drug Administration sent a delegation of 20 government China 100 is a yearlong celebration honoring the first students from 1934 Alumnus C.F. Remer published a book titled “Foreign Investment in China.” Agricultural College Professor Wu Shaokui was the first Chinese delegation observe, understand, and record challenges faced by the newly industrialized country. Tsiang received master of science and doctorate degrees from the College of Agriculture officials to attend a two-week training program on “Food and Drug Administration in China and the wealth of connections that have come since. It is a The book was translated into Chinese and is considered to be the first on the topic of to visit the University. This delegation was sponsored by the U.S. National 1982 University of Minnesota-Duluth Professor Cheng Khee Chee, a world-renowned in the 1940s and was known for six decades of public service in Taiwan. He was also the United States” at the University. University-wide celebration made possible through coordination by University of Minnesota and China: foreign investments in China. Academy of Science’s Committee on Scholarly Communication with the well known for his role as a key architect of the Taiwan Economic Miracle. 100-Year History Timeline watercolor artist, led the campus’ first art craft tour to China. 2008 The Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota was established to the University of Minnesota’s China Center, Beijing Office, and the 1935 The University displayed an exhibit of Chinese robes and puppets on campus. People’s Republic of China. 1997 University of Minnesota Alumni Association Taiwan Chapter President Arnold promote the study of Chinese language and culture throughout Minnesota. It is a 1982 The University’s College of Veterinary Medicine collaborated with the Beijing Global Programs and Strategy Alliance. Learn more about China 100 at 1914 The first three Chinese students enrolled at the University of Minnesota: 1938 Dr. Hu Shih, a famous Chinese philosopher and author, visited the University 1974 Alumnus and 1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Norman Borlaug traveled to Agricultural University to host a symposium in Beijing, China. Chang led a delegation to visit the University. collaborative initiative between the University of Minnesota, the Confucius Institute Pan Wen Ping, Pan Wen Huen, and Kwong Yih Kum (Harding). They all China with President Richard Nixon’s delegation in 1972 and again in 1974 as part Headquarters, and Capital Normal University in Beijing. www.china100.umn.edu. and gave a lecture titled “Chinese Nationalism.” Some 40 Chinese students met with 1982 The Chinese national hockey team competed in an exhibition game at the 1998 University President joined Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson on played on the University soccer team and made significant contributions to of a U.S. agricultural science delegation. He traveled extensively throughout China the distinguished philosopher. University. a trade mission to China and was welcomed by the University of Minnesota Alumni 2008 A Taiwanese delegation led by Chiang Pin-Kung, vice chairman of the Chinese the championship won during the 1914 season. for the next three decades. Association chapter in Beijing. Nationalist Party, visited the University. The group included several Taiwanese Research for China 100 materials including the website, historical 1944 Diplomat Hilda Yen delivered a lecture titled “Spirit of New China” on campus. 1984 The University of Minnesota-Duluth campus established a three-year scientific 1915 The Chinese Students’ Club at the University was founded. For more than 1974 University Professor Jack C. Merwin, from the College of Education and Human legislators from the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Democratic Progressive Party. 1945 10 students sponsored by the Chinese government arrived at the University exchange program with China. The campus also established an exchange agreement 2000 University President Mark Yudof led the fourth University presidential delegation timeline, alumni stories and biographies, and exhibition were conducted four decades, the student organization created opportunities for students to develop Development, joined the first delegation of professional educators to China. of Minnesota. After receiving master of science degrees in agricultural engineering with Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. to the greater China area. He visited Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Xi’an, Beijing, Guilin, 2009 The University’s Law School collaborated with China’s Renmin University to by China Center Project Assistant Hui Bi under the direction of China fellowship, especially among Chinese students. 1975 University Professor Huai C. Chiang, who is credited for the extensive and Taipei to promote educational, business, and alumni ties spanning decades. offer a summer study abroad program about Chinese law. and completing a one-year farm internship, the students returned to China in 1948 1985 The University hosted delegations from the Chinese Ministry of Culture, Center Assistant Director Mandy Bai. A special thanks to the University 1916 Journalist and statesman Ng Poon Chew was invited to speak at the University. agricultural research partnership between the University and China, was invited to and became the first generation of agricultural engineering scientists in the People’s Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Fudan University, 2001 With official approval by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the 2009 The Chinese Ministry of Education sent a delegation of 20 Chinese university of Minnesota Archives, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and all He was known as the “father of Chinese journalism on the West Coast,” and was the visit China by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Republic of China. Beijing Agricultural University, Jilin University of Technology, Nankai University, and Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, the Carlson School of presidents and vice presidents to the University for a two-week training program on of the people who contributed their stories, photos, and time to the first known person from China to give a presentation on the University campus. 1975 The Chinese Student Service Center was established, and the University’s Management established its China Executive MBA (CHEMBA) program in higher education policy and administration. 1948 The Chinese Students’ Club, which was renamed the Chinese Students Xi’an Jiaotong University. project. 1918 The foremost woman physician of China, Dr. Kin Yamai, gave a lecture on Association, was well established. Members of the organization were from diverse Coffman Memorial Union hosted an exhibit on Chinese calligraphy and painting. Guangzhou, in collaboration with Sun Yat-Sen University Lingnan College. 2009 The University’s first international office was established in Beijing to China and the war. She was hosted by the University’s student organization, the 1986 The University hosted delegations from Henan Agricultural University, led by provinces in China and across the U.S. They held academic seminars and believed 1976 University faculty joined representatives from the Minnesota business President Jiang Jianping; Tsinghua University, led by Vice President Zhang Guangdou; 2001 The University’s China Center established the Mingda Institute for Leadership promote alumni relations, support international admissions, and facilitate Cosmopolitan Club. “the future cooperation in the reconstruction of China can be started here.” community to visit five cities in China. Training with the first trainees arriving from the Administrative Department of partnerships in China. and Central-South University of Technology, led by President Wang Dianzou. Footnotes 1919 Chinese students at the University staged a drama, titled “In the Last Days of 1949 University Professor Richard Mather established the Chinese language 1978 A Chinese geography delegation led by Dr. Huang Bingwei, director of the Zhejiang Province. 2009 The University of Minnesota-Morris signed a partnership agreement with the Manchus,” written by Chinese student Lin Shuming, who was a junior in the 1987 The University’s China Center sponsored two Chinese plays, “Rickshaw Boy” 1 Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota Archives, University of Minnesota and literature program at the University of Minnesota. Institute of Geography at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited the University. and “Thunderstorm,” performed by the Nankai University theater group. 2002 Jiang Zhenghua, vice chair of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. College of Agriculture. This delegation visited 24 cities and 16 universities in the U.S., and is regarded as the People’s Congress, visited the University. He was the highest-ranking Chinese official 2 1953 University Professor Werner Levi published a book titled “Modern China’s 1988 The University hosted visits from Tian Jiyun, vice premier of the People’s 2010 The Beijing Municipal Government sent a delegation of 22 government officials Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota China Center 1919 The University’s Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) created the “icebreaker journey” of geography exchanges between the U.S. and China. ever to visit campus. An agreement between the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics Foreign Policy” that was published by the University of Minnesota Press. Republic of China; Han Xu, Chinese ambassador to the U.S.; and Vinston A. Lord, for a two-week training program on social work management at the University. 3 campaign “The Women of Minnesota for the Women of China” and raised $1,700 for and the University’s Minnesota Population Center was announced. Image courtesy of Joseph Allen 1956 There were around 80 Chinese students on campus and University Professor 1979 The University sent its first delegation to China, led by Regent Wenda U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. 2011 Governor Zhao Zhengyong and his delegation from Shaanxi Province, alumna Alice Anderson to work in China for five years as a special representative of Moore, where four agreements were signed with Chinese universities. The 2002 The University’s Institute of Technology offered its first Global Seminar in 4 Image courtesy of Weiming Lu O.M. Leland hosted a holiday party for the students in Dinkytown. 1989 The University’s student organization Friendship Association of Chinese Minnesota’s sister state in China, visited the University. the University at the international YWCA. delegation was received by Chinese Vice Prime Minister Fang Yi at the Great China. 1960 University Professor Richard Mather offered the first graduate courses in Chinese Students and Scholars responded to the Tiananmen Square tragedy by forming the 2011 The University’s American Cultural Center for Sport was established in 5 1921 University Professor Harold S. Quigley, from the Department of Political Hall of the People. Image courtesy of Tom Walsh at the University. Graduate assistantships were offered along with these courses. Subcommittee for Chinese Democracy. 2002 China West Educational Investment Corporation made a donation to the collaboration between the University of Minnesota’s China Center and School of Science, taught at Tsinghua College in China from 1921 to 1923. During his stay, he 1979 The University established the “China Desk” (precursor to the China Center) to University’s China Center to establish the China West Scholarship. This was the first 6 Image courtesy of Carlson Global Institute 1960 The University welcomed the Foo-Hsing Theatre from Taiwan, whose 1992 The University’s China Center published the book “East Gate of Kaifeng: a Kinesiology, and Tianjin University of Sport. developed personal contacts with Chinese leaders including Dr. Hu Shih, philosopher build bridges between the University and the greater China area. scholarship endowed by a China-based company at the University and supported Liang Chi-chao, General Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yu-hsiang, and others. performance troupe included 50 Chinese children. Jewish World Inside China.” 2011 The University’s Medical School, Masonic Cancer Center, School of Public 7 Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota-Morris 1979 University Medical School Professor Paul Quie and Professor Philip Peterson students interested in studying abroad in China. 1967 The Chinese American Association of Minnesota was established and had close 1992 University Professor Robert J. Poor was invited to participate in the first joint Health, and College of Science and Engineering hosted the honorary doctorate 8 1921 The University provided funds to the American Relief Administration to address hosted visiting scholar Dr. Wu Xi-Ru, a research fellow in pediatric neurology. Dr. Wu 2003 The “Summer in Minnesota” picnic for Chinese students, scholars, and their Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota-Duluth famine in China. The University’s Chinese Students’ Club staged a play titled “The relationships with the Chinese student organizations at the University. This is the first China and U.S. archaeology expedition. conferral ceremony for China’s Minister of Health Chen Zhu. went on to become a famous Chinese pediatric neurologist. families and friends was held in June at Como Park. 9 Double Tenth” to raise funds. time that the professional, business, ministry, and student communities of Chinese 1993 The University hosted a Mid-autumn Festival Party at the University Arboretum. 2013 The University of Minnesota-Crookston partnered with Zhejiang Economic and Available enrollment data varied by year. For academic years from 1930 to 1955, Americans in Minnesota worked together under one organization. 1980 The University student band toured China as the first foreign band to the 2004 University President Robert Bruininks led the fifth University presidential Trade Polytechnic to establish the American Cultural Center for Culture Exchange in only the number of Chinese graduate students was available. Prior to 1980, the 1924 University Professor Dr. Marshal Hertig received funding from the Rockefeller country after the Cultural Revolution. 1994 24 students from Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University participated in a delegation to the greater China area, and visited partners and alumni in Beijing, 1967 Well-known artist Zhao Rulan of delivered a lecture about Hangzhou, China. total count of Chinese students was not consistently inclusive of Mainland China, Foundation to do research on the control of the disease known as Kala-azar in China. Summer English Language and Culture short course held on campus. Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. the Peking opera at the University. 1980 University students participated in the first study abroad program to China 2013 University President Eric Kaler led a delegation to Hong Kong, Shanghai, 1925 University Professor C. Walter Young, from the Department of Political 1995 University President Nils Hasselmo led the second University presidential Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. titled “Summer Intensive Chinese Language Institute” at Nankai University. The 2005 The first bilateral research forum between the University and the Chinese Beijing, Tianjin, and Taipei. It was the sixth University presidential delegation to the Science, was awarded the Willard Straight Fellowship to perform research in China. 1973 University Professor Robert J. Poor visited China and gave two lectures. He delegation to the greater China area. The visit represented a strong effort by the program had 37 total participants from the University and other U.S. universities. Academy of Sciences was held in Beijing. greater China area. In 1932, Young served on the Manchurian Commission of Inquiry in Shanghai. Sir went as part of the second U.S. delegation to China after U.S. President Richard University to reconnect and develop strong ties with Chinese alumni and friends. Eric Drummond, secretary-general of the League of Nations, appointed him to this Nixon’s trip in 1972. 1981 University President C. Peter Magrath led the first University 2006 The University’s Law School collaborated with China University of Political © 2014 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. The University of presidential delegation to China. They met with more than 100 alumni who 1995 The first University of Minnesota Alumni Association chapter in China Science and Law to offer a master of laws program and a summer study abroad You can also view the timeline and accompanying photos online at: position. 1973 The Chinese government invited University Professor Chih-Chun Hsiao to give Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. brought pictures from their years in Minnesota and sang the Minnesota was formalized in Beijing. program to China. a lecture in China. He had the distinction of being one of the first U.S.-based, China- 1926 Kuo Pingwen gave a lecture on the University campus titled “The Student Rouser together, which President Magrath noted as the most moving moment. www.china100.umn.edu. Movement in China.” He was from National Southeast University in Nanking, China. born scientists to receive such an invitation.