Visiting China's nuclear past



 
Visiting China's nuclear past


A remote atomic research base, long a forbidden zone, is resurrected as a 'red tourism' attraction.



When word came on Oct. 16, 1964, that China had detonated its first atomic bomb, thousands of scientists and soldiers ran onto the grasslands here, leaping and shouting and weeping with joy.

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News entry number 266 added on Sep 2, 2007 in the World News category.

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