{"id":2960,"date":"2026-05-08T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=2960"},"modified":"2026-05-10T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T05:26:07","slug":"johns-university-years-in-china","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/exhibits\/john-lee-1935\/john-lees-education-in-china\/johns-university-years-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"John&#8217;s University Years in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-10-at-1.24.53\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-10-at-1.24.53\u202fAM.png 970w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-10-at-1.24.53\u202fAM-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-10-at-1.24.53\u202fAM-768x475.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following secondary school, John first enrolled at&nbsp;Fu Jen Catholic University&nbsp;(\u8f85\u4ec1\u5927\u5b66), one of the most respected Catholic universities in China, before transferring to&nbsp;Yenching University&nbsp;in 1947. Like the missionary schools he had attended earlier, both institutions were deeply connected to international intellectual networks and represented some of the most prestigious centers of higher education in Republican China. Yet by the late 1940s, university life unfolded against the backdrop of mounting instability as the Chinese Civil War intensified and Communist victory appeared increasingly likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following secondary school, John first enrolled at&nbsp;Fu Jen Catholic University&nbsp;(\u8f85\u4ec1\u5927\u5b66), one of the most respected Catholic universities in China, before transferring to&nbsp;Yenching University&nbsp;in 1947. Like the missionary schools he had attended earlier, both institutions were deeply connected to international intellectual networks and represented some of the most prestigious centers of higher education in Republican China. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":2954,"menu_order":0,"template":"","institution":[],"place":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibit"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3294,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2960\/revisions\/3294"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=2960"},{"taxonomy":"place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place?post=2960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}