190 1 year (the year of Xin Chou), the Qing government and the western countries reached the final protocol to solve the 1900 turmoil, which is the Xin Chou Treaty in the history of China. According to the treaty, the Qing government paid 450 million taels of customs duty silver, which was settled at the exchange rates of various currencies and paid off in 39 years at the annual interest rate of 4%. This money is called "boxer indemnity" in history and "boxing compensation" in the west.
1904, the United States began to negotiate the return of China's remaining compensation, but the United States did not want to let the money be used by China officials, because the United States believed that the money might be embezzled in the hands of China officials, and Americans should supervise its use and use it to help backward China set up modern education and cultivate modern talents.
1907 17 In February, American President Roosevelt formally requested Congress to approve the return of the surplus boxer indemnity to China to sponsor the education in China. 190865438+1October, the National Assembly passed a resolution to approve the President's refund. Soon, William W. Rockhill, the American ambassador to China, wrote to the foreign affairs department of the Qing Dynasty: "Out of friendship, the United States decided to return the boxing compensation to China in order to establish modern education in China and change the backward status quo as soon as possible.
But it should be used under the supervision of the United States, and if there is any surplus, it should also be returned to Qing. "Qing foreign affairs department immediately wrote back to thank you, saying that they would send students to study in the United States.
1909, China used boxer indemnity to send dozens of overseas students to the United States for the first time. 19 1 1 year, "Tsinghua school" was established in Beijing, which is the predecessor of Tsinghua University.
This school was established in the former Wang Fu "Tsinghua Campus", so it is called "Tsinghua School". 1928, Tsinghua School was officially renamed Tsinghua University. According to statistics, during this period, more than 1000 students were sent by Tsinghua School to study in the United States.
1924, the United States also established the "China Cultural and Educational Promotion Foundation", which was in charge of 1254 dollars, and a considerable part of it was provided to Tsinghua University in the form of scholarships.
In 2002, President Bush gave a speech in Tsinghua University. In his speech, Bush said that it was the United States that decided to help establish Tsinghua University, so as to enhance the relationship and friendship between the United States and China and help backward China to change the status quo as soon as possible.
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Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua School, was founded in 19 1 1. The school name "Tsinghua" originated from the school site "Tsinghua Campus", which was a preparatory school for studying in the United States founded by the Qing government. The funds for its establishment came from 1908, part of boxer indemnity returned by the United States. 19 12 was renamed Tsinghua school. 1928 changed its name to National Tsinghua University.
1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha and jointly established the National Temporary University of Changsha with the State Peking University and the private Nankai University. /kloc-moved to Kunming in 0/938 and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University. 1946 moved back to Tsinghua campus. People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded 1949, and Tsinghua University entered a new stage of development.
From 65438 to 0952, China's universities were reorganized into multidisciplinary industrial universities. Starting from 1978, it gradually recovered and developed into a comprehensive research university.
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