Profile of computer scientist Xia Peisu, who is called the "Mother of Chinese Computing" for shaping some of China's first computer science institutions (Leila McNeill/BBC Future)

Leila McNeill / BBC Future:
Profile of computer scientist Xia Peisu, who is called the “Mother of Chinese Computing” for shaping some of China's first computer science institutions  —  Isolated from the rest of the world, one woman pushed computing from a geeky obsession into a transformative industry.

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