The Recovery and Difficulties of Higher Education in Nanjing during the Occupied Period (1938-1945)
Abstract
After the establishment of the National Government of Nanjing in 1927, the education of Nanjing had been rapidly developed, and a number of colleges and universities had been built and developed, and the status of higher education in Nanjing is second to none in China. The Nanjing Massacre completely destroyed Nanjing's education, and eight public and private colleges and universities were moved west to Sichuan and Chongqing, while most of the school campuses were bombed, looted and burned by the Japanese army. After the establishment of the puppet National Government headed by Wang Jingwei, they tried to restore higher education in Nanjing and planned to establish a university in Nanjing. After the establishment of the Wang puppet regime, the puppet Ministry of Education restored National Central University in Nanjing, and established three private colleges and universities to promote slavish education, but the effect was not ideal, and gradually fell into trouble.