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Clash of teaching civilisations

9 June 2018

9:00 AM

9 June 2018

9:00 AM

In 1942 Dr Joseph Needham was sent by the British government to China to study China’s universities and see what help they needed. Given the fact that the outcome of World War II was far from clear at that time, it suggests an amazing foresight by the British at a time when they had one or two more pressing issues to deal with.

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