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photos from the Science Education Delegation to China,
June 23 to July 15, 1979
In 1979 a group of science educators from the USA was invited to visit Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi'an in exchange for a similar group of science educators from China.
Arthur Luehrmann was part of that group and took most of the following pictures.
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Jim Rutherford, the co-leader of the group, is in checked shirt, mustache, towards rear. Just behind him and to the right is Paul Hurd, the other co-leader The chief interpreter (Zhiang?) is the woman on the far right in about the middle row. At her left, in a hat, is Bart Bartholomew. Arthur Luehrmann is the 3rd from the left in the rear row. To his right is the director of the Franklin Institute. The black woman to the left of Arthur (and a bit in front) is Alice _, a teacher at the lab school at the Univ. of Chicago. To the right of Arthur, and in the next row in front, is Mary Budd Rowe, science education researcher at the University of Florida
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local translator, Alice _, _, _, Mary Budd Rowe, Zhiang (chief translator)
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headdress
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Science lab equipment of Normal School #12 of Peking Normal University
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blackboard and ping-pong
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blackboard at Peking Normal University?
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classroom at Peking Normal University?
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turtle statue at the Imperial Palace, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
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Jim Rutherford in the Emperor's Bath, Xian, China
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dragon at the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
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urn in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
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Forbidden City, Beijing, China
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banquet
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Xian, China figures (but not at the archeological dig)
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figure of a man, Xian, China (but not from the archeological dig)
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Throne room, Forbidden City, Beijing, China.
The dowager empress would stand behind the screen at the rear of the throne and whisper directions to the young emperor.
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As in Western chess, there are 16 pieces with different rank and capabilities. Instead of a king, there’s a “general”. The “general” can not only be captured like in normal chess, but actually taken (like in some fast chess variations).
This game is very popular. Here you can see an unused board, the two players on the left are actually playing on the next board.
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Chinese chess