Nantong Middle School of Jiangsu Province
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Nantong Middle School of Jiangsu Province (Simplified Chinese: 江苏省南通中学; shortname: 通中, Tong-Zhong) is a high school in Nantong
Nantong
Nantong is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth, Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north, Taizhou to the west, Suzhou and Shanghai to the south across the river, and...

, Jiangsu
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...

, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. In the 1930s it was regarded as an elite school. Alumni include prominent Communist revolutionaries Jiang Shiangqing and Jiang Shufeng, father and uncle of Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...

, and Gu Minyuan, who recruited the Jiang brothers into the Communist Party while they were at the school.

In May 2008, Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...

 wrote an inscription for Nantong Middle School, "百年通中英才辈出" (which means during the 100 years' history of Nantong Middle School, there are lots of talents going out from this school.) There are many scientists and artists going out from here. Some of them are Yang Le, Yuan Yunkai, Fan Zeng
Fan Zeng
Fan Zeng was an advisor to Xiang Yu during the Chu–Han contention period of Chinese history.-Starting his career:Fan Zeng was a native of Juchao . He had a keen interest towards military strategy and politics...

, Yuan Yunsheng, Yuan Yunpu, Zhao Wuji, Gu Lefu, etc.
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