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

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(1928) and

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(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 Scientific organizations established in 1915

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