Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t35: Wu Juncai
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t35
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Wu Juncai
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Wu Juncai (December 25, 1921 - August 26, 1996), Chinese Indologist and historian. He was styled Shu Xin and born in Yuanjiang, Hu’nan Province.
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Wu Juncai graduated from the Central Political Institute. He studied at the History Research Institute of University of Delhi and obtain his Master’s degree. He then went to London School of Economics and Political Science for studying international relations and majored in Southeast Asian studies. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Sung Kyun Kwan University. He also worked as a special correspondent of Taiwan ‘*Central Daily News*’ in Chongqing, New Delhi and London and the Director of the Hong Kong edition of ‘*Central Daily News*’. In 1951, he became the Director and Chief Editor of ‘*Central Daily News*’ Press in Hong Kong. After 1952, [Figure: Wu Juncai's, 'Yindu Jindai Shi' (History of modern India)]
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he successively worked as a Professor of Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan University and National Chengchi University in Taiwan and gave lectures at the National Defense Research Institute. In 1964, he founded the Institute of International Relations of the Republic of China, and served as the Chairman and Concurrent Director. In 1968, he founded the Institute of East Asian Studies and worked as a Professor and Head of the institute. In 1978, he became the Director and Concurrent Publisher of the ‘*Central Daily News*’ and researcher of the National Chengchi University. He died of illness in the United States of America in 1996.
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His major works include ‘*India’s Independence and Sino-Indian Relations*’, ‘*Kashmir and Indo-Pakistani Relations*’ (1958), ‘*Gandhi and Modern India*’ (1987), ‘*Politics and Culture*’ (1988) and ‘*History of India*’ (1981). ‘*History of India*’ tells the history of India from the emergence of culture in the Indus River Valley to its independence and the founding of state, analyses the key factors in the history of Indian development and discusses the relations between modern India and its neighbouring countries. The book has been selected as a history textbook for the Advanced Level Examination in Hong Kong.
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(*Li Baolong*)