Huang Hua just celebrated his 96th birthday. A graduate of Yenching University, he is a typical Chinese progressive intellectual of his time. In old China the suffering of the mon people and the pressing danger of losing the sovereignty of the entire nation led Huang Hua and millions of young people to join the struggle for China’s liberation. Huang Hua’s memoir is a book describing his more than 70 years of activities as a revolutionary and a diplomat. It reflects also many significant aspects of China’s modern political history. In his posts as ambassador and foreign minister he witnessed a great range of events in international relations and participated in the realization of the foreign policy of New China. As to the book’s style of writing, it is just like the character of the author-clear and straightforward, so it is easy to read and prehend.

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《老子思想新释(英文版)》由作者直接用英文撰写，他将老子的思想归纳出28个主题，以散文的形式进行写作。每个主题都写有导读，文本部分带有大量注释，很后是对主题的评论。导读和评论部分均是王柯平自己来写，文本注释上主要参照了汉代以来很有影响的《老子》注释本。

This short history deals with Chinese literature from the earliest days to the May the Fourth Movement of 1919, giving a brief introduction to classical Chinese literature and a general survey of the chief writers and their most important works. The development of Chinese literature since the May the Fourth Movement will be covered in a forthing publication, "A Short History of Modern Chinese Literature."

China is the birthplace of one of the four greatest civilizations in the world,hence those cultural relics which, in huge quantities and immensely rich varieties, have alwayeen fascinating. These cultural relics were produced during different periods of the Chinesehistory, over well over 7,000 years. They are gems of the Chinese civilization. Thiook gives a brief account of 8 types of cultural relics unearthed in China so far, including pottery, porcelain, jade and bronze. These are seen as the most representative of the Chinese culture, each in its own way providing a glimpse into ancient China.