http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/01/a-sinologist-in-iraq/ The China History Group Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/01/a-sinologist-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-156653 Baroness Radon Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:20:21 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1051#comment-156653 "Two Kinds of Time" is the best book about China I have read in a long time, or maybe ever. I had just finished "Through the Great Wall," which had been gathering dust on my shelves for years, and was so enchanted by it, I tracked down TKT, not knowing it had been reissued. (I scored a signed first edition! For a price. And I have not regretted it.) Great writer, great observations, inpiring, timeless, topical. This guy was a treasure; but what happened to him in the 50s? Did he just become obscure? I just bought the 1968 "China: The Remembered Life," but what was he doing between TKT and that? I'd sure like to know. Not a lot of information out there about that. (Maybe it's in The Remembered Life.) “Two Kinds of Time” is the best book about China I have read in a long time, or maybe ever. I had just finished “Through the Great Wall,” which had been gathering dust on my shelves for years, and was so enchanted by it, I tracked down TKT, not knowing it had been reissued. (I scored a signed first edition! For a price. And I have not regretted it.) Great writer, great observations, inpiring, timeless, topical. This guy was a treasure; but what happened to him in the 50s? Did he just become obscure? I just bought the 1968 “China: The Remembered Life,” but what was he doing between TKT and that? I’d sure like to know. Not a lot of information out there about that. (Maybe it’s in The Remembered Life.)

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/01/a-sinologist-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-140005 Bubba Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:26:41 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1051#comment-140005 Sometimes we do in fact remake the world, or at least parts of it. Sometimes we do in fact remake the world, or at least parts of it.

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/01/a-sinologist-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-139964 J B Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:58:06 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1051#comment-139964 "Eternal and unchanging nature of the Americans"... I'm not sure this is intended to be a joke, but nonetheless it's very funny. And spot-on. If only we'd learn... “Eternal and unchanging nature of the Americans”… I’m not sure this is intended to be a joke, but nonetheless it’s very funny. And spot-on. If only we’d learn…

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