amidst communist victory in the civil war, ch'ien arrived in hong kong at chang chi-yun's suggestion in 1949. with help from the yale-china association, along with tang chun-i, tchang pi-kai and other scholars, he cofounded new asia college. he served as the president of new asia college from 1949 until 1965. this college has graduated many great scholars and outstanding members of various communities. he later received honorary doctorates from both yale university and the university of hong kong.