A Brief History of Chinese Liuxuesheng 2

The third generation was from 1927 to 1940. They mainly went to America and Europe to study high technology. Among them, there were Yang Zhengning, studied in the University of Chicago, who received the Nobel prize in physics; scientist Qian Xuesen, studied in California Institute of Technology, contributed on missile space programs for both China and America. Qian Sanqiang, who was a nuclear physicist, went to France. Qian Weichang, who also went to Caltech as physicist and Li Zhengdao, who received Nobel prize in physics, went to Columbia University. 

(photo shown :  Qian Xuesen, Qian Sanqiang, Qian Weichang, Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhengning)

The fourth generation was from 1949 to 1965. People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. This period of liuxuesheng mainly went to Soviet Union and East Europe to study. The group was mainly leaders of China who were important for the development of the new China. Leaders like our former president Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, etc.

                 

The fifth generation, which was after 1978 till today.
This is the mania of studying abroad. The whole number of liuxuesheng after 1978 is 10 times more than all the four generations before. It is the studying of all kinds, including PhDs, Masters Degrees, BA degrees and high schools.