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Special Collection 2021
Rereading China: Science Walks on Two Legs
A Critical Edition of an SftP Classic
Inside
In 1973, Science for the People traveled to socialist China to see what science could be in a revolutionary society. Over the course of one month, the delegates visited farms, factories, laboratories, campuses, hospitals, communes, and...
Between the first and the second Science for the People delegations in 1973 and 1978, China has changed drastically, and with it, the practices of science that the SftP delegates attempted to see. Zuoyue Wang provides the historical and...
Vinton Thompson reflects on the first SftP trip to China in 1973, and contributions to writing the 1974 book, China: Science Walks on Two Legs.
A delegate reflects on the second SftP trip to China in 1978, in the midst of rapid transformation of science and society in China.
The 996.ICU movement in China—named after a rhyme in Chinese, “working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m for 6 days a week puts you in the ICU”—was a cry against the exploitative tech sector. Tech workers worldwide must learn its lessons and pursue...
Meet delegates of the 1973 trip.
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