Yang Xiantong, whose article gives the name as Yang Xiandong (1902 to 1998), was an agricultural scientist in the People's Republic of China, a native of Xiantao in Hubei. In 1923 he was accepted with distinction into the Agricultural Department of Nanjing Jinling University, specializing in cotton and sericulture, and after graduating in 1927 he began teaching at the Henan Training College. In 1928 he was made technician and interim director of the Hubei Provincial Cotton Experimentation Field. In 1934 he enrolled at the Graduate School of Cornell University to focus on the enhancement of cotton types and obtained his doctorate there in 1937. After returning to Peking following the Lugouqiao Incident he held posts in agricultural administration, and in Hubei he established contact with the Chinese Communist Party.
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Yang Xiandong (November 23, 1902 - October 20, 1998, Chinese: 杨显东), a native of Shinyang (now Xiantao), Hubei, was an agricultural scientist in the People's Republic of China
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