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Dr. Chang and his peer Chinese scientists during their studies at Cal Tech, early 1940s.
Five scientists with distinctive career paths.
The Qian family in 1955
Allegations that Qian was a Communist effectively led to the suspension of his security clearance with the US Army, but his actual political allegiance at that time remains a mystery today. He was under house arrest for three years before leaving for…
Scientists Ludwig Prandtl, Qian Xuesen, and Theodore von Karman
Ludwig Prandtl (German scientist), Tsien Hsue-sen (Chinese scientist), Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian-American scientist). Prandtl served for Germany; von Kármán and Tsien served for US Army; after 1956, Tsien served for China (Tsien was deported by…
Tsinghua University in 1966
This photo captures the fervor and madness in the beginning of the Cultural Revolution: on August 24, 1966, students in Beijing clamored to tear down Tsinghua University’s western-styled gate, established in 1911. A giant statue of Mao would replace…
Mao and Marshall
A 1946 picture shows a rare moment of relaxation during George Marshall’s foredoomed mediation campaign between the Communist and Nationalist Forces in China. Second from the left stands China’s future leader for twenty-seven years, Mao Zedong.…
Wartime Alliance
The American comic book Real Heroes published a feature story of Chiang Kai-shek in its May 1942 issue.