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...least three leading experts-Mathematician Hua Lo-keng, Geologist Li Ssukuang and Dr. Wong Wen-hao-voluntarily returned to the mainland from the West. Without a shot or a kidnaping, the Communists quickly recruited an invaluable braintrust: 233 topflight scientists and 691 second-stringers. Ironically, 35 of the 50 most talented were educated in the West, 25 in the U.S. Only eight of these leaders were known to have any pro-Communist leanings, and only three were party members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Scientist in China | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

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