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Around the world, how do fireworks differ? (And how are they the same?)

July 1, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It’s said that fireworks were invented more than 2,000 years ago in China. But the fireworks in those days were quite different from the fireworks of today.

Filed Under: World News, Cultures Tagged With: 2010, Bara Din, British Indian Empire, Fourth of July, King Ravana, Lord Rama, Lunar New Year, Marco Polo, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Nazi Germany, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Soviet Union, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 27 | July 3 - July 9, technology

Qian Xuesen, father of China’s space technology program

November 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China’s space technology program, died on Oct. 31 in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98 years old.

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2009, Beijing, China, Chinese, Europe, German V-2, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nazi Germany, Qian Xuesen, Tsien Hsue-shen, United States, Vol 28 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, Xinhua News Agency, Yang Liwei, technology

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