Early Life
Born in 1924 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, Qian had family origins in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, and is a documented descendant of the kings of Wuyue. After moving with his family to Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Qian attended Saint John's University, Shanghai, where he studied chemistry.
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