Hi,
The first I could find for infrared light bulbs was the 上海灯泡厂 (now 上海亚明灯泡厂有限公司) in 1952. Not sure about production capacity and imports. My guess would be that production capacity was diffused to places which built up light bulb factories in the 1950s (Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Tianjin) and even more in the late 60s- early 70s with the Third Front.
Best,
Covell
Colleagues!
Does one of you happen know when, give or take a year, the PRC first managed to manufacture infrared and/or ultraviolet lights (lightbulbs) domestically? If you do know, do you also happen to know which factory made such lights? And from which country, prior to developing its own production capacity, would the PRC have imported infrared/ultraviolet lights? East Germany?
Best,
Michael
The identity of the person you are looking for, Zachary, is likely to be Robert Friend, a/k/a 罗伯特•弗兰德!
Merry Christmas,
Michael
My guess, and it’s only a guess, would be Liebel Bergman. I am afraid I cannot check this as my files are in New York and I am currently in Hanoi. But Bergman was an anti CPUSA Communist later affiliated with the Revolutionary Union/Revolutionary Communist Party that was Maoist. He also lived in China during the 1960s. His papers are at the Taimiment Library at NYU.
He was married to Vick Garvin who was also in China during that time.
I’m right
Tom
Dear Zachary Scarlett,
If no one on this list knows 佛兰德's English name, one person who might is the Chinese historian 何蜀. He mentions the same incident in this article .
Best,
Covell
Dear Zachary,
Considering the limited knowledge of the Red Guards about the outside world and foreign languages, my hypothesis is that it might be just a mistranslation of "American friend".
Best wishes,
Kaixuan
Dear Colleagues,
I am hoping that someone can help me identify the American whose Chinese name is 弗兰德.
I am circulating this note, written by Rebecca Karl, in remebrance of her teacher, Arif Dirlik, who passed away on December 1.
The Center for East Asian Studies’ Japan, China and Korean Studies Library Travel Grants are designed to assist scholars from outside the Chicago metropolitan area in their use of University of Chicago’s East Asian collections for research related to Japan, China and Korea.
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