Essay about Qian Xuesen

Qian Xuesen’s story Qian Xuesen went to the United States to study in 1935. Ten years later, he became a leading rocket expert at the time. He is a rare talent that can be counted on one's fingers in the United States. When the news of the birth of the People's Republic of China reached the United States, Qian Xuesen and his wife could not restrain their joy and discussed returning to China as soon as possible to serve their country. At this time, the United States, led by McCarthy, carried out a comprehensive pursuit of communists, and set off a wave of enthusiasm across the United States to drive employees to be loyal to the US government. Because Qian Xuesen was suspected of being a communist and refused to expose his friends, the US military department suddenly revoked his certificate to participate in confidential research. This made him very angry. Qian Xuesen used this as the reason for requesting to return to China. However, Qian Xuesen never expected that his long-cherished wish to return to China would turn into a disaster! The U.S. Undersecretary of the Navy said viciously: "He knows the core secrets of all U.S. missile projects. One Qian Xuesen is worth five Marine divisions. I would rather shoot this guy than let him go back to Red China!" From then on, Political persecution of him in the United States ensued. The immigration authorities raided his home and detained him on Termina Island for 14 days. They released him only after receiving a huge bail of $15,000 from the California Institute of Technology. Later, customs confiscated his luggage, including 800 kilograms of books and notebooks. They insisted it contained classified material. In fact, Qian Xuesen had already handed it over to them for inspection before packing it. After the U.S. Attorney reviewed all his materials again, he proved to be aboveboard. News of Qian Xuesen's persecution in the United States quickly spread to China, and New China was shocked! Friends in the domestic science and technology community expressed support for Qian Xuesen through various channels. The Party Central Committee is extremely concerned about Qian Xuesen's situation in the United States. The Chinese government publicly issued a statement condemning the US government for imprisoning Qian Xuesen against his will. Zhou Enlai seized the opportunity to initiate Sino-US negotiations. When Qian Xuesen's request to return to China was unreasonably blocked by the United States, China also detained a group of Americans, including American expatriates who violated Chinese laws and were legally detained by the Chinese government, and American military personnel who violated Chinese airspace and were detained by the Chinese government. The U.S. government is eager to get back these Americans detained by me, but it is unwilling to have direct contact with China. In April 1954, the United States, Britain, China, the Soviet Union and France held an international conference in Geneva to discuss and resolve the Korean issue and restore peace in Indochina. Zhou Enlai, the head of the Chinese delegation attending the meeting, thought that a group of Chinese students and scientists were detained in the United States, so he instructed that since the Americans asked British diplomats to clear relations with us, we should seize this opportunity and open up new Contact channels. Wang Bingnan, secretary-general of the Chinese delegation, began preliminary discussions on June 5 with US representative and Deputy Secretary of State Johnson on the issue of expatriates in the two countries. The United States submitted to China a list of American nationals in China and some American military personnel detained by China, and asked China to give them a chance to return home. In order to show China's sincerity, Zhou Enlai instructed Wang Bingnan to make generous concessions at the third Sino-US talks on June 15, and also asked the United States to stop detaining Qian Xuesen and other Chinese personnel studying in the United States. However, China's legitimate request was unreasonably rejected by the United States. On July 21, the Geneva Conference concluded. In order not to interrupt communication channels, Zhou Enlai instructed Wang Bingnan to agree with the United States to hold consular-level talks in Geneva starting from July 22. In order to further show China's sincerity in the Sino-US talks, China released four detained American pilots. On July 25, 1955, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs established a steering group for Sino-US talks, directly led by Zhou Enlai. On August 1, China-US talks were upgraded from consular level to ambassadorial level. China's high profile is ultimately to win over Qian Xuesen and other scientists studying in the United States to return to China as soon as possible. But on this key issue, the Americans cheated. Although China and the United States have contacted each other more than 10 times, U.S. Representative Johnson still refused to relent at all because China could not afford the money for Xuesen to return to China. Just when Premier Zhou Enlai was very anxious about this, Chen Shutong, then vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, received a letter from the other side of the ocean. He opened it and saw it signed "Qian Xuesen". He couldn't help but feel shocked and quickly read the letter. The content of the letter turned out to be a request for the government of his motherland to help him return to the country. This letter was written by Qian Xuesen on a small cigarette paper and sent to his relatives in Belgium when he was escaping from spy surveillance, and was sent to Vice Chairman Chen Shutong. Regarding such an extraordinary letter from overseas, Chen Shutong was well aware of its weight and sent it to Premier Zhou on the same day. Premier Zhou Enlai said: "This is really great. This can completely refute the lies of the US government!" Premier Zhou Enlai immediately made careful arrangements and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly forward the letter to Wang Bingnan, who was holding Sino-US ambassadorial talks in Geneva. He also instructed Wang Bingnan: "This letter is very valuable. This is ironclad evidence that the US authorities are still obstructing the return of Chinese civilians. You must use this letter to expose their lies during negotiations." August 1 At the beginning of the Sino-US ambassadorial talks, Wang Bingnan took the lead and said to Johnson: "Mr. Ambassador, before we start our discussion, I am ordered to inform you of the following news: On July 31, the Chinese government decided to release Arnold early in accordance with China's legal procedures. Wei and other 11 American pilots have left Beijing on July 31 and are expected to arrive in Hong Kong on August 4. I hope that this measure taken by the Chinese government will have a positive impact on our talks.

But when it came to the issue of Qian Xuesen's return to the country, Johnson repeated his old tune: "There is no evidence that Qian Xuesen is going to return to the country, and the US government cannot force him to do so!" So, Wang Bingnan showed Qian Xuesen's letter to Chen Shutong, and refuted it confidently: "Since the U.S. government issued an announcement as early as April 1955, allowing scholars studying in the United States to come and go freely, why did the Chinese scientist Dr. Qian Xuesen in June What about writing to the Chinese government asking for help? Apparently, Chinese scholars are still being blocked in their requests to return home. "Johnson was speechless in the face of the facts. The U.S. government had to approve Qian Xuesen's request to return to the country. On August 4, 1955, Qian Xuesen received a notice from the U.S. Immigration Service allowing him to return to the country. On September 17, 1955, Qian Xuesen's dreamed return to the country The wish came true! On this day, Qian Xuesen, his wife and a pair of young children finally boarded the ship "Cleveland President" and embarked on the journey back to the motherland. Thanks to Qian Xuesen's return to serve the country, the launch of China's missiles and atomic bombs at least moved forward. for 20 years.