The deportation of Quian Xuesen from the US to China in 1955, on unproven charges he was a spy during the McCarthy witch hunt, was…
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China’s Space Programme – Part 2
Quian Xuesen is also referred to as Qian Xuesheng or Tsuen Hsu Shen in books and essays. For this reason, it is very difficult to…
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China’s Space Programme – Part 1
This 2022 book to my knowledge is the first book that surveys the history of China’s space programme. Written by S Chandrashekar, an Indian professor…
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The Steep Trail of Reform
Never Turn Back by Julian Gewirtz, published 2022, is a history of China in the 1980s. Julian using Chinese sources shows a China that was…
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China The Three Emperors – Part 1
The cover for the catalog of the famous exhibition of treasures from the Palace Museum of Beijing in the Royal Academy of Arts, London, held…
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