The Best China

Essays from Hong Kong

John Minford, Geremie Barmé

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The Chinese University Press
30 October 2021

Literature: history & criticism; The environment

""The Best China,"" an expression traditionally used to refer to the finest crockery brought out when one is entertaining special guests, has been adapted here to mean the Best Chinese Tradition of free-thinking discursive prose. This anthology of essays from Hong Kong and the diaspora, ranging across the past hundred and seventy years, records the intellectual ferment that has always characterised the city since its founding in 1842, sometimes restless and questioning, sometimes meditative and lyrical, always civilised, and buoyed by an all-pervasive and indomitable spirit of freedom.

Edited by: John Minford, Geremie Barmé
Imprint: The Chinese University Press
Country of Publication: Hong Kong
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 333g
ISBN: 9789882371972
ISBN 10: 9882371973
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 30 October 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Minford is Emeritus Professor of Chinese at The Australian National University.