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New paper: Travel writings in Republican China

My new paper is out — at least digitally: “Foreign Travel Writings in Republican China.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Series 3, 1–22. AbstractThis article examines a collection of manuscripts of travel writings kept in the National Library of … Continue reading

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Manuscripts of translations made from printed texts

Recently a 16-volume publication came out with “rare and precious” (guji zhenben 古籍珍本) travel manuscripts in the collection of the National Library of China (NLC). Having flipped through the volumes, I was surprised to find a text titled Xiongyali youji 匈牙利游記 (Record … Continue reading

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