对比新闻：钱学森当年爱国“海归”的真实原因

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VOA Chinese, Nov. 4, 2009 (written by 李肃).
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/UNCUTNEWSQianXuesen-20091104-69173202.html

The report, among other things, cites:

Bradley Perrett, Person of the Year: Qian Xuesen Laid Foundation For Space
Rise in China. Aviation Week & Space Technology ("Aviation Week" for short), Jan. 6, 2008.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw010708p1.xml

Note:
(a) Iris Chang 张纯如
(b) Thread of the Silkworm: The story of Tsien Hsue-shen: the brilliant,
enigmatic, Chinese-born scientist who helped pioneer the American space
ageand, when rejected by the nation he sought to adopt as his own, became
the undisputed father of the Chinese missile program.* (published by
BasicBooks, a subsidiary of Perseus Books, LLC; 1995).**

Footnote
* Google Books has a free preview of this book.
**: In Greek mythology, Perseus is a son of Zeus and Danaë and slayer
of Medusa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus

(c) Luan Enjie 栾恩杰：探月工程总指挥 chief commander of China's lunar
orbiter project

(d) Wernher von Braun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
(e) Mr. Dan A. Kimball served under Pres. Harry S. Truman,
(i) as Under Secretary of the Navy (the second-highest ranking civilian
official in the United States Department of the Navy): May 25, 1949 – July
31, 1951; and
(ii) Secretary of the Navy: July 31, 1951–January 20, 1953

(f) The Aviation Week article is great; I recommend it.
(g) The last paragraph says in part: "But if China is now a strategic rival
to the U.S. * * *" Note the present tense. Thus, the next report:


(i) 过半美国人“视中国为对手.” BBC Chinese, Nov. 4, 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/11/091104_china_usa_survey.shtml

(ii) The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos poll at issue is not free. However, Reuters
has a report based on the poll (not shown) and Ipsos has a summary on its
web site.

The US/China Syndrome: Largest Percentage of Americans Choose China (34%)
over Others as Most Important Bilateral Relationship United States Should
Have But Majority (56%) View China as Adversary not Ally (33%). Ipsos, Nov.
4, 2009.
http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=4581

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