UNIVERSITY OF TONGHAI

The birth of the very prestigious University of Tonghai is linked to the Chinese civil wars and the exile of the Kuomintang in Taiwan. There were 13 Christian universities in mainland China, which, after the takeover of Beijing in 1949, chose to group their activities in the archipelago. Built in a widely spaced campus, Tonghai University today has buildings constructed in the tang style, and a chapel designed by Pei, the architect of the Louvre pyramid.