The scientist left by boat with his wife and two US-born children, telling waiting reporters he would never step foot in America again. He kept his promise. Getty Images Qian Xuesen and his lawyer ...

Qian Xuesen, who died Oct. 31 at 98, didn’t like being called the father of China’s guided-missile program: he felt that the title didn’t give credit to his fellow researchers. Indeed ...

Qian Xuesen, a former Caltech rocket scientist who helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory before being deported in 1955 on suspicion of being a Communist and who became known as the father ...

Qian Xuesen, a former Caltech rocket scientist who helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory before being deported in 1955 on suspicion of being a Communist and who became known as the father ...

What it needs is cheap labor and factories, and no one to rock the boat. That Qian Xuesen’s exceptional genius grew during his two decades in the United States, where he did a Ph.D. and ...

Qian Xuesen was twenty-four years old in 1935, a fresh graduate of Shanghai Jiaotong University, when he used a scholarship to get to M.I.T. A year later, he moved to Caltech to earn his doctorate ...

The scientist left by boat with his wife and two US-born children, telling waiting reporters he would never step foot in America again. He kept his promise. Qian Xuesen and his lawyer, Grant ...

Qian Xuesen passed away, at 98, on Saturday, leaving behind not just his fame as father of China's rocketry. He will live in the memory of many as a symbol of patriotism, earnestness and ...

Qian Xuesen, who died in Beijing on October 31 aged 97, was the father of China's missile and space programmes, transforming the country from a primitive technological backwater to a nuclear power.