History
The original Soochow University was founded by Methodists in Suzhou, Jiangsu province of Qing Dynasty China in 1900 as a merger of three existing institutions: the Po-hsi Academy, the Kung-hsiang Academy, and the Chung-hsi Academy.
After the Chinese Civil War, members of the Soochow Alumni Association who fled to Taiwan established a new institution in Taiwan in 1951 to make up for the Soochow University lost on the mainland. A law school was opened in 1954, and a full university was certified in 1971. As the original site of Soochow University was later reestablished as Soochow in 1982, there would be a Soochow University in Taiwan and a Soochow University in Jiangsu.
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