Shu-De's Cheng Hsiao-huei complained that the planners were faced with a Catch-22 situation: "We can't send any funds over until they give their approval for the school's establishment, but we can't get approval because we can't prove we've got any funds."
但今年五月，上海教委會以「建校資金沒有有效證明」否決申請案，恕德大學籌備處秘書鄭曉慧說，不給同意籌建的批文，他們無法匯錢，現在又說沒有資金證明，真是矛盾。