China and the West

Morris Rossabi ist Distinguished Professor of History der City University of New York.

Barbara J. Woodward ist Botschafterin der britischen Botschaft in Beijing.

David Zweig ist Associate Dean der School of Humanities and Social Science der Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Joshua A. Fogel ist Mitglied des Editorial Board des Journal of the history of ideas.

Helen Dunstan ist Mitglied des Editorial Board von East Asian history.

China to publish works of Agatha Christie
Peoples' daily online ; Dec. 24 (2006)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/24/eng20061224_335480.html.
China is to publish a set of mystery stories by Agatha Christie to mark the 30th anniversary of the death of the British whodunit author, Sun Shunlin, director of the project department of the People's Literature Publishing House (PLPH), announced here Saturday.
They will be the first "legal" translated copies of her stories in China.
There are dozens of print versions of the author's masterpieces available in underground markets in the country, but they are all pirated versions.
The illegal printing of unauthorized works contravenes China's intellectual property protection law, Sun said.
PLPH, China's most authoritative publisher of literature, bought the copyright for publishing Christie's works in simplified Chinese characters.
The copyright was granted by Agatha Christie's agent in Britain, Sun said, adding that the PLPH will invite prestigious translators and editors to translate the author's works.
According to Sun, a first collection of 14 stories by Agatha Christie, who died in 1976, will include famous tales such as "Death on the Nile", "Murder in the Calais Coach" and "Hercule Poirot".
Another 32 works of Agatha Christie, including "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and "Murder on the Orient Express", will be translated into Chinese and published by PLPH in 2007.
Well known for the movie made from her masterpiece "Death on the Nile" and the character of Hercule Poirot that she created, world-famous Agatha Christie has been dubbed the "Empress of the Whodunit".
Her works have millions of fans the world over. Readers were keen to get access to a "legal" version of her stories, Sun said.
"The PLPH will offer Agatha Christie fans in China a panorama of her world of mystery," Sun said.
After beginning her writing career with "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" in the 1920s, Agatha Christie wrote over 80 novels and short story collections, over a dozen plays and six romantic novels under the pseudonym "Mary Westmacott".
Her books, which have sold over a billion copies in English and over a billion copies when translated into foreign languages, have only been outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare.
Agatha Christie (1891-1976) was born in Torquay, in Devon, in the southwest of England. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971 and died in January 1976 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
Source: Xinhua

Theodore Huters ist Vize-Vorsteher der University of California, Los Angeles.

Vincent Shen ist Editorial Advisor der General education and trans-boundary studies = Tong shi jiao yu yu kua yu yan jiu.

Rey Chow ist Mitglied des Advisory Board des Journal of Chinese cinemas.

Yü Ying-shih erhält den John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity der Library of Congress.

Susan Naquin ist Mitglied des Selection Committee des American Council of Learned Societies : Conferences, New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society.

Soller, Philippe. Mao. Journal du mois, le JDD (juin 2006).
Mao et la Chine : http://www.pileface.com/sollers/article.php3?id_article=573.
"Quand j'étais à Pékin, il y a plus de trente ans, le correspondant du Monde avait l'air passionné par le régime communiste, avec obstination et une bizarre ferveur. Heureusement, il avait un vélo que j'ai pas mal utilisé dans les rues, ce qui me faisait remarquer par des milliers de Chinois comme un « long nez », c'est-à-dire une bête curieuse. Depuis, beaucoup d'eau a coulé sous les ponts. Le même journal, aujourd'hui, s'enthousiasme pour une biographie à charge du monstre Mao, le pire criminel du XXe siècle, responsable de 70 millions de morts, et prêt à en faire tuer 300 millions. C'était donc une « ordure ». Soit. Mais il y a plus grave : c'était un pauvre type, un médiocre, un mégalomane orgiaque, un sadique primaire, un agent simultané de Staline, des nationalistes, des Japonais et ensuite des Américains. Un fou, mais sans envergure. Autant dire que les anciens « maoïstes » occidentaux, Français en tête, ont bonne mine. Max Gallo, dans Le Figaro, parle même, avec commisération, de ceux « qui agitaient le Petit Livre rouge au bar du Pont-Royal ». Il ne manque que la photo qui, bien entendu, n'existe que dans l'imagination de Gallo."

Wang Gungwu erhält den Ehrendoktor der Xi'an Jiaotong-Universität.

Yen-hui Audrey Li ist Vize-Präsidentin der Association of Chinese Language Teachers.

Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang ist drei Monate Visiting Professor des Graduate Institute of Comparative Literature der Furen-Universität in Hsinchuang, Taiwan.

Gründung des luxemburgischen Generalkonsulats in Shanghai.

Elizabeth J. Perry ist Vizepräsidentin der Association for Asian Studies.

Stephan Feuchtwang nimmt im Sommer 2-3 Wochen an Workshops for Chinese Anthropologists der Beijing-Universität teil.

Alastair I. Johnston ist Mitglied des International Editorial Board der Cambridge review of international studies.

David R. Knechtges wird Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Sciences.