French Caterpillars in Mongolia and Indo-China Caterpillars are to be used. in preference to the old styled cara-Vera in connection with an expedition which is to be carried on in northern China and Indo-China by a party of French and Chinese scientists.
The expedition will be for the purpose of conducting scientific Tesearches in. little known parts of far northern China and in Indo-China and it isto be conducted lutly by the National Scientific Union of China (of which Dr. Chu Min-yi and Mr. Li Shih-tseng, the well-known Kuomintang elders, are promoters) and the Citroen Motor Car Factory of France.
'M, Haarat, director of the Citroen Works and head gf the caterpillar department, who Went to Africa several years ago in connection with another successful scientific mission, has been selected by the French Government to act as leader of the Prench side of the expedition, and Dr, Chu Min-yi, a famous Chinese scientist, who isa returned student from France and president of the Sino-French Technical Institute, will be head of the Chinese division.
The Chinese expedition, which will start out in January, 1930, from ing, will be carried on in conn tion with the French expedition, organized by the Citroen Ca. whose plans include a long voyage across Asia, which, if completed, should bring to light some extremely valuable data, The Citroen" party already have "raided" Africa, Persia and Egypt with a dozen caterpillars in a most successful manner. Starting from Tunis, they have crossed Tripoli, Exypt and Syria and are now in Persia, After wending their way across Russian Turkestan, they will join up, in May next year, with the Chinese scientists in Sin-Kiang, after which the party will enter' Mongolia and -Suiyuan_ and then visit various places in Chili, Shansi, Shensi, Hupeh, Hunan, Kueichow, Yunnan and Indo-China, where the expedition will end.
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