Qian Xuesen and his family on board SS President Cleveland, 17 September 1955. Source: The picture is from CCTV-10's China Industrial Archives Exhibition, 'Five Years to Return to China, Ten Years to Develop Two Bombs. Qian Xuesen-A Scientist of the People'. It is now part of a collection in the DCPS database.

Qian Xuesen and his family on board SS President Cleveland, 17 September 1955. Source: The picture is from CCTV-10's China Industrial Archives Exhibition, 'Five Years to Return to China, Ten Years to Develop Two Bombs. Qian Xuesen-A Scientist of the People'. It is now part of a collection in the DCPS database.

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Shaping Chinese scientists’ positive social image is imperative to promote the spirit of scientists and scientific innovation. This paper studies the historical evolution and current situation of Chinese scientists’ social image and analyses the necessary elements for telling good stories about Chinese scientists. By introducing various work on sha...

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... 10 September, China released 12 American pilots who had been detained during the Korean War. Soon after, Qian received notice that he could leave the US and immediately purchased a ticket on American President Lines' SS President Cleveland, which was to set sail on 17 September (Cheng and Liu, 2015; Figure 1). Qian's scientific contributions and great achievements are well documented, but his patriotic spirit was more valuable, especially when in a foreign land and during a troubled time. ...