Nie Rongzhen

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Nie Rongzhen

Chinese scientist

Also known as: Nieh Jung-chen

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…and direction was provided by Marshal Nie Rongzhen, chairman of the State Science and Technology Commission from 1958 until 1967. As part of Mao’s “Third Line” program to build a duplicate industrial infrastructure in remote regions of China as a strategic reserve in the event of war, a more modern…
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…and direction was provided by Marshal Nie Rongzhen, chairman of the State Science and Technology Commission from 1958 until 1967. As part of Mao’s “Third Line” program to build a duplicate industrial infrastructure in remote regions of China as a strategic reserve in the event of war, a more modern…
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