Title China's Cold War Science Diplomacy

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages) Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- China and Science Diplomacy -- United Front Work and International Science -- Modern China and Transnational Science -- Sources and Structure -- 1 A Scientific United Front at Home and Abroad: Chinese Communist Party-Aligned Science Organisations and the World Federation of Scientific Workers, 1946-1956 -- CAScW, WFSW, and the Chinese Civil War, 1946-1949 Evolving Engagement after the PRC's Establishment, 1949-1953 -- Increasing Influence and Strengthening Scientific Exchange, 1952-1956 -- China Arrives: The 1956 Beijing Meetings -- Conclusion -- 2 Between Pugwash and the Party-State: Scientists, Agency, and Transnational Activism in the Early Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, 1955-1960 -- Handling the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, 1955-1956 -- Going Solo: Zhou Peiyuan and the Early Pugwash Conferences, 1957-1959 -- Another Thing Entirely: China's Delegation to the Sixth Pugwash Conference, 1960 Shifting Tides: Away from Pugwash and towards the Federation, 1960-1961 -- Conclusion -- 3 'Friends and Comrades, We Fight against Imperialism': The Radical Evolution of China's Science Diplomacy, 1960-1968 -- Breaking with the Pugwash Conferences, 1962-1964 -- Deepening Collaboration with the WFSW, 1962-1963 -- Disintegrating Relations with the WFSW, 1963-1964 -- Direct Conflict within the WFSW, 1964-1966 -- Pivoting to the Peking Science Symposium Conferences, 1964-1966: Scientific Exchange in Support of Revolution at Home and Abroad -- Conclusion 4 Linking the Local, National, and International: Scientific Organisations and Foreign Affairs in the Peking Science Symposium Conferences, 1964-1966 -- Scientific Exchange -- Hosting the Conference -- Preparations -- Costs -- Intelligence and Solidarity -- Promoting Regional Solidarity -- After-Conference Activities -- Conclusion -- 5 A Spectrum of Propaganda and Scientific Exchange: British Socialist Scientists and 'New China' -- The Ideological Notable: J.D. Bernal -- The Scientist Apologists: Howard E. Hinton and Kurt Mendelssohn -- Howard E. Hinton -- Kurt Mendelssohn The Activist Academics: Kathleen Lonsdale and Dorothy Hodgkin -- Kathleen Lonsdale -- Dorothy Hodgkin -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Situating Scientists in China's Foreign Relations -- China and Cold War International Science -- Across the 1978 Divide -- Recasting China's Rise -- Select Bibliography -- Archives -- Newspapers and Periodicals -- Articles, Books, and Other Sources -- Index Summary The first extended study of Chinese engagement in international science during the Cold War Notes 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 1108956459 9781108956451

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