China and the Chinese – General

www.archive.org — Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University's second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.

This series of lectures, published as "China and the Chinese," was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.

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ndmagxian 1 year 46 weeks ago

Hello wdbox, this is just for your info: archive.org is blocked in Xi'an and i believe in other cities as well. What Herbert Allen Giles wrote back then is still valid today. It seems that some societies on this planet never change. :-)

wdbox 1 year 46 weeks ago

ndmagxian,

Blocked here, too. I use a VPN service and often forget that a lot of folks don't. Thanks.

ndmagxian 1 year 46 weeks ago

I use TOR, it works fine. Sometimes it is slow but it is reliable and always connects me. Yep, indeed, many people really do not know how to connect to blocked sites. The blocking-mania here in this country really makes my blood boil sometimes...

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