Source: Students for Liberty
by Hein Htet Kyaw
“Hu Shih, former president of both Peking University and Academia Sinica, and known for his ties to Chinese liberalism and John Dewey’s (American philosopher and psychologist) experimentalism was an influential figure in Chinese politics and academia. He was also China’s Ambassador to the United States during 1938–1942. Despite Hu Shih’s substantial achievements and impact, there were extended periods where he was officially a ‘forbidden figure’ and was repeatedly and publicly denounced. During Mao Zedong’s regime Hu Shih’s writings were officially purged and censored from circulation. In most of the propaganda red films inside China, the surname ‘Hu’ was mostly given towards counter-revolutionary figures or bourgeois landlords. To understand the Chinese Communist Party (CCP’s) organized efforts to eliminate Hu Shih’s influence from intellectual discourse in China, it becomes important to know his politics and philosophy.” (03/02/26)
https://studentsforliberty.org/blog/hu-shih-pioneer-of-radical-liberalism-in-china/