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SUMMARY:Gordon Barrett & Jen Altehenger - China's Cold War Science Diplom
 acy [Book Launch]
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DESCRIPTION:[HYBRID] This event will be in a hybrid format with limited t
 ickets in-person and also live on Zoom.\n\nChina’s rise as a global supe
 rpower in science\, technology\, and medicine has played a formative rol
 e in shaping the trajectory of international scientific cooperation and 
 exchange in recent decades. Its increasing international prominence and 
 influence has sparked ever-greater interest in the relationship between 
 science and the country’s foreign relations with a wide range of state a
 nd non-state actors. In doing so\, the focus has invariably tended to fa
 ll on the most conspicuous phases in China’s international scientific en
 gagement\, particularly from the period of ‘reform and opening up’ under
  Deng Xiaoping onward. But did China’s international influence in scienc
 e really only start in the 1970s? \n\nExamining the history of China’s i
 nternational scientific outreach from the 1940s through the 1970s\, Dr B
 arrett’s new book argues that the Mao era was a formative period in Chin
 a’s science diplomacy. During these early decades of the Cold War\, the 
 People’s Republic of China may have remained outside much of mainstream 
 international science\; nevertheless\, Chinese scientists found alternat
 ive channels through which to communicate and interact with counterparts
  across the world\, beyond simple East/West divides. By examining the in
 ternational activities of elite Chinese scientists\, the book demonstrat
 es the significance of these activities being rooted in ‘united front wo
 rk’ and deeply embedded in the Chinese Communist Party’s wider efforts t
 o win hearts and minds overseas. Using a wide range of material from Chi
 nese and foreign archives\, China’s Cold War Science Diplomacy provides 
 fresh insights into the evolving relationship between science and foreig
 n relations in the People’s Republic of China. The University of Oxford'
 s Dr. Jennifer Altehenger will be joining the talk as a discussant. \n
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LOCATION:Manchester China Institute (178)\, Waterloo Place\, Manchester
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