Background
Hu was born in June 1910 in Huangpi County, Hubei.
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Hu was born in June 1910 in Huangpi County, Hubei.
Hu went to Japan in 1929, he studied political economy at Waseda University.
At the age of 15, he entered National Wuchang University (國立武昌大學) and joined the Chinese Communist Youth League. In 1928, Hu was accepted to Fudan University, where he majored in Chinese literature. He returned to Shanghai in 1931.
Hu went to Hong Kong in November 1933, but he was arrested and expelled by the British Hong Kong Government.
From 1934 to 1936, Hu visited India, Egypt, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Hu was elected to the Senate in 1940 in Chongqing.
After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Hu was elected legislator. At the same time, he taught at Ji"nan University and Fudan University.
In 1949, Hu went to Hong Kong, then he settled in Taiwan in 1951.
He taught at National Taiwan Normal University, Shih Hsin University, and Fu Hsing Kang College. In 1962, Hu caught in a war of works with Li Ao and Ju Haoran. In 1970, Hu waged a paper-warfare against Yu Guangzhong.
Hu served as the Honorary President of Peaceful Reunification of China Alliance (中國統一聯盟).
On 24 May 2004, Hu died of illness at Gengshen Hospital (耕莘醫院), in Xindian, Taipei County, aged 95.
Hu returned to China in 1937, he founded the Times Daily (《時代日報》) in Hankou, then he joined the Kuomintang. On 12 September 1988, Hu visited Chinese Mainland, and talked on questions of reunification of China with Deng Yingchao, then he was expelled from the Kuomintang.