Thread of the Silkworm: The Story of Tsien Hsue-Shen and the Chinese Missile Program
Guest: Iris Chang.
Today on Focus, host Jack Brighton interviews Iris Chang, author of Thread of the Silkworm. The recent book is the definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, a pioneer of America's space age who was denounced as a communist for unknown reasons, deported, and taken in by the Chinese missile program.