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On February 16, 1997, Wu Jianxiong or Chien-Shiung Wu passed away due to illness at her home in New York. Her ashes were later placed in Mingde High School in Jiangsu Province, China, which is her hometown. Before her passing, Wu had participated in the American “Manhattan Project“ and helped manufacture the first atomic bomb. Despite holding American citizenship at the time of her death, her family buried her ashes in China, with her tombstone reading, “She was an outstanding global citizen and a forever Chinese person.“ So what were Chien-Shiung Wu's achievements in the scientific field? Why did she help the Americans make an atomic bomb, change her citizenship, and still be referred to as a forever Chinese person? Today, let's get to know “China's Madame Curie“ - Chien-Shiung Wu.
