support the merger and keep the name of HUST
Chen SX 发表于 2000/05/03 20:20 华中科技大学校友论坛 (www.hust.org)
Dear all,
Personally, I think Hua zhong Da Xue might be the best name for the merged university. All parties involved in the merge would be happy about it. Hua Zhong, the two characters should be kept for the reason that they represent the unique regional and cultural history. Almost all universities everywhere in the world use place's name to indicate their location and cultural history background. HuaTong Da Xue has no any useful content and is too strange to everyone in both learning and business sectors in China and overseas. It might be just alright for a brand new university without root. It sounds like a continuation education college established by a charity or religion society.
As for the English name , HUST is the best. It is a well established name through the hard work of several generations of Huagong alumni, especially since China adopted its open-door policy more than 20 year ago. We would spend another 20 or more years to establish the current statue of HUST in both China and overseas for the newly named university.
A medical school run by an university is absolutely normal. Tong Ji still can keep its name as Tong Ji Medical College or School under HUST. For a long run it will not lose anything but gain from the merge. It is a stuation where two universities win. If Hua Tong was chosen as the English name of the merged univ, two universities will lose and the damage caused will not be repairable, even if MOE accepts the conditions listed in Liming's email. It is us who care HUST most.
Just for your reference
Chen Shixin
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