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China Daily | Updated: 2008-04-24 07:18
两弹一星 (liangdan yixing)
Two Bombs and One Satellite
An abbreviation for atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and man-made satellite. In the 1950s, shortly after New China was founded in 1949 and when it was not diplomatically recognized by most Western countries, the country began its independent research in nuclear technology and space technology.
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