Terry Lautz
- Published in print:
- 2022
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780197512838
- eISBN:
- 9780197512869
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780197512838.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
C. N. Yang won the Nobel Prize in physics jointly with T. D. Lee in 1957 and used his fame to advocate for US diplomatic recognition of China. He had come from China to study at the University of ...
More
C. N. Yang won the Nobel Prize in physics jointly with T. D. Lee in 1957 and used his fame to advocate for US diplomatic recognition of China. He had come from China to study at the University of Chicago in 1946 and stayed in the United States instead of returning to China after the 1949 revolution. When Sino-American relations warmed in the 1970s, Yang met with Chinese leaders and brought Chinese students to study in the United States, which was the largest source of advanced scientific training in the world. He became a US citizen but was always a Chinese patriot, striving to overcome China’s weakness and humiliation. Late in life, he returned to live in Beijing and gave up his US citizenship. Finding the right balance between China and the United States was his life-long pursuit.Less
C. N. Yang won the Nobel Prize in physics jointly with T. D. Lee in 1957 and used his fame to advocate for US diplomatic recognition of China. He had come from China to study at the University of Chicago in 1946 and stayed in the United States instead of returning to China after the 1949 revolution. When Sino-American relations warmed in the 1970s, Yang met with Chinese leaders and brought Chinese students to study in the United States, which was the largest source of advanced scientific training in the world. He became a US citizen but was always a Chinese patriot, striving to overcome China’s weakness and humiliation. Late in life, he returned to live in Beijing and gave up his US citizenship. Finding the right balance between China and the United States was his life-long pursuit.
