China has built a museum to commemorate those who made the country’s first hydrogen bomb and satellites in the 1960s and early 1970s. Located on the Huairou campus of CAS University – some 60 kms from Beijing, the museum is housed at the site of the Academy’s former rocket test base founded in 1958. The base was used to develop ground test operations for high-energy liquid propellants and engines for long-range rockets.
China detonated its first hydrogen bomb in 1967, a little more than two-and-a-half years after the country’s first atomic bomb test. More than 17,000 researchers participated in the “two bombs, one satellite” project, which helped increase China’s scientific and defence capabilities and contributed to growth in national strength. Due to their efforts, China has become one of the few countries with independent knowledge of nuclear and space technology.
Interesting Facts about China
- Rich people in China can hire body doubles to serve their prison sentence.
- 100 million people in China live on less than US$1 per day.
- China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year.
- Facebook, Twitter and The New York Times have been blocked in China since 2009.
- The World’s First Paper Money was created in China 1,400 years ago.
- Table tennis is China’s national sport.
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