Hu Shih

[ hoo shœ ]

noun

1. 1891–1962, Chinese scholar and diplomat.

Example Sentences

By 1936, Lee’s close friend Hu Shih, a Chinese intellectual, was asking her what had become of her dreams.

From New York Times

The model for a bust of a “man from eastern China” was Dr. Hu Shih, the diplomat and scholar who helped establish the modern Chinese script.

From New York Times

He mentions Prof Hu Shih - who studied at Columbia 100 years ago and then returned to Peking University - as a "standard bearer" for Chinese liberalism.

From BBC

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

During his first 20 years as a teacher, mostly at Peking National University, Hu Shih sharply attacked the one-party government of Chiang Kaishek, but when the choice had to be made between the Chinese Communists and the Nationalists, the philosopher and the Generalissimo were reconciled.

From Time Magazine Archive