    national tsing hua university (nthu; )the name of the university is translated using chinese word order. by english grammar rules, it is tsing hua national university. is one of the most prestigious universities in taiwan. it is also recognized internationally. there are now 7 colleges, 17 departments and 22 independent graduate institutes in the university. == overview == after the chinese civil war, some academics and staff from tsinghua university in mainland china created the national tsing hua institute of nuclear technology in 1955 in hsinchu, taiwan, which later became national tsing hua university. the two tsinghua universities are not affiliated with each other, but both claim to be successors of the original tsinghua university. as a result of this dispute, the universities claimed to be the rightful recipient of the funds from the boxer rebellion indemnity that was used to start tsinghua university. this indemnity was transferred to the university in taiwan after the nationalist government (kuomintang) retreated to taiwan. ==history==   since american secretary of state john hay suggested that the us$ 30 million plus boxer rebellion indemnity money paid to the united states was excessive, in 1909, president roosevelt then obtained congress approval to reduce the qing dynasty indemnity payment by $10.8 million usd, on the 
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