At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the foundation of the country's national defense construction was weak, and at that time, both economic and military development at home was very poor, and at that time, countless young people with lofty ideals who studied abroad resolutely and resolutely gave up their high-paying jobs abroad and chose to return to the motherland to contribute to the construction of the motherland. Qian Xuesen's conditions abroad at that time were very good, which can be said to be a state of no worries about food and clothing, and the US government also attached great importance to this Chinese scientific researcher.
Everyone knows that Elder Qian has been busy all his life for the cause of china's nuclear missile construction, and although the working conditions in China are very difficult, he has persevered. In fact, when Qian Xuesen was in the United States, it was also a very difficult thing to want to return to China, because he was different from other people, at that time Qian Xuesen had world-class advanced weapons research technology in his hands, and Qian Xuesen was still assisting in physics research, once he returned to China, he would make great contributions to China's weapons research and construction, and when China's military strength was enhanced, the status of the United States would be greatly threatened, although Qian Xuesen was excited to return to the embrace of the motherland. But the United States is unlikely to get it back.
The commander of the US Navy once said that Qian Xuesen alone reached 5 divisions, which is a very high evaluation, and it is puzzling that since the United States knows the value of Qian Xuesen, it is willing to release him back to China. In the 50s of the last century, Qian Xuesen's annual salary was as high as 100,000 US dollars, and in order to retain this great scientist, the United States could be said to have done everything in its power to do everything in its power, and they first exhorted Qian Xuesen, hoping that he could stay in the United States, and expelled him from a very generous remuneration, and also provided Qian Xuesen with more sophisticated and advanced research studios, but these conditions were not accepted by Qian Xuesen, he only hoped that the United States would let him return to China as soon as possible, but why did the United States restrict his actions? Agents are sent to monitor it.
First of all, the international public opinion at that time, the United States' behavior of obstructing the return of Chinese to China was not in line with the regulations in the international community, and after the Korean War, Chinese had a large number of captured US troops in their hands, and the United States has always wanted to rescue this group of people, but our country has always been very cautious about this matter, so they have not had a chance, and after Qian Xuesen was detained by the United States, our country said that if the United States wants to let these US troops go back smoothly, the first thing to do is to release Qian Xuesen. This incident has put a lot of pressure on the US side, because this group of captured US troops has a very important role in the US authorities, they are the dignity of the United States, and it is really unjustifiable to be captured by China all the time.
Secondly, when Qian Xuesen was reading the newspaper, she saw a photo of his father's friend Chen Shutong standing on Tiananmen Square, so she asked her wife Jiang Ying to imitate a child's writing with her left hand to write a distress letter to his sister Jiang Hua, hoping to let Jiang Hua send this letter to China, and then they finally handed the letter to China by putting it into the supermarket mailbox when they were in the supermarket, so our diplomats also began a dialogue with the United States, and China's request was very simple. That is, the US side must ensure that all Chinese students in their countries can return to China smoothly, including Qian Xuesen, so China has given a condition that is difficult for the United States to refuse, that is, to release 11 US military pilots.
At that time, the United States has also been suffering from the storm of public opinion, this condition makes them irresistible, so they reached an agreement with China, and the physicists Qian Xuesen and his wife and a pair of sons and daughters noted in China finally successfully returned to China on the 17th of September 1995, because Qian Xuesen returned to China, resulting in the launch process of China's missiles and atomic bombs for at least 20 years, and now China has become a military power, and it also has an absolute position in the international community, which was something that the United States did not expect at that time. And now Americans must be very regretful when they recall it.