Ep. 335 | Qian Xuesen (Part 2)

The China History Podcast
Written By Laszlo Montgomery

Once his past attendance at meetings of the Pasadena Communist Party in 1938 came to light, Qian got caught up in the Red Scare of the 1950s. In this Part 2 episode, we see how the US government accused Qian of being a communist. Despite everything he had done for America and all the R&D that he might further contribute in the decades to come, Qian was deported back to his homeland. From 1955 until his death in 2009, he went on to do all kinds of great things for the PRC's missile and space programs.

Iris Chang, "Thread of the Silkworm" https://www.amazon.com/Thread-Silkworm-Iris-Chang/dp/0465006787

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