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Hu Shih

American  
[hoo shœ] / ˈhu ˈʃœ /
Pinyin, Hu Shi

noun

  1. 1891–1962, Chinese scholar and diplomat.


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The institute was founded in 1926 by a group of Chinese and American educators, including John Dewey and Hu Shih, to foster a deeper understanding of China in the United States.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2010

A bright spot is Dr. Hu Shih, 68, philosopher, poet, historian, ex-diplomat, and China's most respected scholar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Hu Shih, China's most eminent scholar and a former Chinese Nationalist Ambassador to the U.S., bustled between Washington and New York, demanding an open civil trial for Lei Chen.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was all the more forceful because Philosopher Hu Shih, a stout anti-Communist and longtime supporter of Chiang Kaishek, has himself long been an open critic of the Kuomintang.

From Time Magazine Archive

I do not, however, follow his interpretation, but rather the ideas of Hu Shih, O. Franke and others. p.

From A History of China by Eberhard, Wolfram

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