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China and the International Astronomical Union - Divorce, Separation and Reconciliation (1958-1982) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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China and the International Astronomical Union - Divorce, Separation and Reconciliation (1958-1982) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy
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Seen from "inside the IAU," this book tells the in-depth story of a
major crisis in which China "divorced" from the International
Astronomical Union in 1960 as a protest against the admission of
Taiwan. This happened to all the scientific unions at the same
time, and to the Olympic Games, which, unexpectedly, would serve as
a laboratory for the "reconciliation" which took place following
the re-opening of China to the world 20 years later. The so-called
"China conflict" is the most important crisis in the post-WWII
history of the IAU. Yet, many details about this conflict and its
links to broader geopolitical events have long remained unsettled,
obscure, or altogether absent. In particular, the book describes
for the first time the "separation" period, which covered the
Cultural Revolution, and in which the IAU made desperate official
efforts to reach out to China, while some groups of Western and
Chinese astronomers managed to keep contact at times. On the
occasion of the IAU Centenary celebrations in 2019, the book
revisits this painful succession of events using unpublished
documents from the IAU Archives and the International Council of
Scientific Unions. The book also contains supplementary typescripts
of selected handwritten correspondences and the full translation of
key original Chinese documents unknown to readers outside China.
What emerges is a complex and fascinating story of human relations
and science diplomacy under the shadow of the Cold War. Readers
will learn how the 20-year "China conflict" as lived by astronomers
and scientists is important not only for the history of the IAU,
but also for the history of contemporary China. "This book is full
of so many original documents of the IAU office, very reliable and
good to open to the public readers." Shuhua Ye, Shanghai
Observatory (IAU Vice-President, 1988-1994) This book is a
companion book to "Astronomers as Diplomats," published at the same
time in the same series.
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