Title China's Cold War science diplomacy / Gordon Barrett

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) Contents A scientific united front at home and abroad : CCP-aligned science organisations and the World Federation Of Scientific Workers, 1946-1956 -- Between Pugwash and the party-state : scientists, agency, and transnational activism in the early Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, 1955-1960 -- 'Friends and comrades, we fight against imperialism' : the radical evolution of China's science diplomacy, 1960-1968 -- Linking the local, national, and international : scientific organisations and foreign affairs in the 'Peking Science Symposium' conferences, 1964-1966 -- A spectrum of propaganda and scientific exchange : British socialist scientists and 'new China' -- Conclusion: Situating scientists In China's foreign relations Summary "During the early decades of the Cold War, the People's Republic of China remained outside much of mainstream international science. Nevertheless, Chinese scientists found alternative channels through which to communicate and interact with counterparts across the world, beyond simple East/West divides. By examining the international activities of elite Chinese scientists, Gordon Barrett demonstrates that these activities were deeply embedded in the Chinese Communist Party's wider efforts to win hearts and minds from the 1940s to the 1970s. Using a wide range of archival material, including declassified documents from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archive, Barrett provides fresh insights into the relationship between science and foreign relations in the People's Republic of China."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Gordon Barrett is Departmental Lecturer in Modern Chinese History and Politics at the University of Oxford Print version record Subject Science and state -- China -- History -- 20th century Science and international relations -- China -- History -- 20th century Communism and science -- China Cold War. Communism and science. Diplomatic relations. Politics and government. Science and international relations. Science and state. SUBJECT China -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87000861 China -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024167 Subject China. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108951746 1108951740

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