My likes and dislikes about Mr. Qian’s obituaries
My favorite obituary of this week was the one about Mr. Qian Xuesen’s death. As one of the most respectable scientists in China and probably in the world, I feel that his death was a great loss to China and human history. Mr. Qian lived a very dramatic life. He was educated in the States, but was also arrested for a reason that has never been proved. Finally, he went back to China and started to dedicate to China’s aviation industry.
I was really sad when I heard of his death and I read almost every obituary in all of the major newspapers.
- AP: Father of China’s Space Tech Program Dies at 98
- WSJ: Trained in the U.S., Scientist Became China’s ‘Rocket King’
- NYT: Qian Xuesen, Father of China’s Space Program, Dies at 98
- LA Times: Qian Xuesen dies at 98; rocket scientist helped establish Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- New Yorker: The Two Lives of Qian Xuesen
- Chicago Tribune: Father of Chinese missile programs
- Xinhua: China’s “father of space technology” dies at 98
Among all of them, I like the New York Times one and the Wall Street Journal one more than the others, because I found they provided more interesting detail information about Mr. Qian’s life both in the States and in China.