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Understanding the Orient : Dr. Kiang Kang-Hu and the Foundation to Chinese Studies in Canada
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Understanding the Orient : Dr. Kiang Kang-Hu and the Foundation to Chinese Studies in Canada
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The author points out that between 1930 and 1934, Montreal's McGill University was becoming a leading Centre of Chinese research in North America. It housed during these years the prestigious Gest Chinese Research Library, a collection with 110,000 volumes which was recognized as one of the finest in the world. (The Gest Chinese Library is now housed at Princeton University.) McGill was also the home of Canada’s first School of Chinese Studies. The author explains that in the fall of 1930, a Chinese intellectual named Kiang Kang Hu (1883-1954), aka Jiang Kanghu, was recruited to be the first Chinese head of a department in the Canadian academe. The author points out that unlike many of his Chinese compatriots who endured racism, Kiang became "an honorable individual among the well-to-dos in Canada." The author examines Kiang Kang Hu’s three-year tenure at McGill University, focusing on whether Canadians were keen on learning about the Orient, and why Kiang choose to leave Canada.
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Socioanthropic Studies
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Vol. 1
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no. 1
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59-73
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2020
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Lan, Kenneth. “Understanding the Orient : Dr. Kiang Kang-Hu and the Foundation to Chinese Studies in Canada.” Socioanthropic Studies Vol. 1, no. 1 (2020): 59–73. http://www.romanpub.com/resources/Socio%20v1-1-4-Kenneth_Lan.pdf.
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