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America's Secret Cold War Mission to Build the First Chinese Computer


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Samuel H. Caldwell and Sinotype

Dr. Samuel H. Caldwell (standing) went on to create the Sinotype in 1959, ten years after this photograph was taken.

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It was the summer of 1959, and the United States needed a Cold War win.

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