ABSTRACT

The space of Chinese universities is changing over time as guided by a wide variety of social values. There were practices to revive traditional shu-yuan, to establish western missionary universities, to orient university for productive use, to blender the university into everyday life, to mobilize the university for social revolution and so on. In the modern era, the indigenous tradition of higher education in China was mixed with various exotic academic models such as the European, American and Soviet ones. The Chinese universities have combined different missions and incorporated various even opposing forces throughout the long history of evolution.