The Science Society of China (, 1915-1960) was a major science organization in the modern history of

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. It was initiated by Chinese students at

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in 1914, including P.C. King, H. C. Zen,

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, Hsingfo Yang and later renamed Science Society of China. In 1915 it began publication in China of a major journal, ''Kexue'' (''Science''), which was patterned on the journal of the

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. In 1918 Science Society of China founded headquarters in

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. In 1922 the Society established a major biological research laboratory in

. The Society devoted itself to the

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, the improvement of

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, the

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in Chinese translation of scientific vocabularies, and participation in international scientific meetings. It was the leading scientific organization in China prior to the establishment of government-sponsored

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...

(1928) and

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...

(1949).

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Saving China through Science
* Jia Sheng, ''The Origins of the Science Society of China, 1914-1937'', Cornell University Ph.D. dissertation in History, 1995 * Peter Buck, ''American Science and Modern China'', Cambridge University Press, 1980 {{authority control Scientific societies based in China 1915 establishments in China Organizations established in 1915

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