| Description | Blackett visited China as a member of a Royal Society Delegation, with Professor AR Chapman.
He lectured on rock magnetism, and participated in discussions with representatives of Academica Sinica re exchanges of information, training, visits, between British and Chinese scientists. he heard the result of the General Election of October 1964 while in China, and returned for the setting-up of Mintech (see Section E).
Blackett's visit to China made a considerable impression on him, and he referred to it frequently in talks and correspondence and made serious efforts to help Chinese scientists with eqiupment, exchanges of information and the like. |