Oct 1979
VOLUME 10 - NUMBER 10
A Chinese Bestiary
Journey to the Buddhist Holy Land
The Little World of Stars
The Opium Heritage
Cover. Detail of a Tang dynasty bell in Sian showing the figure in relief of a lion in a highly unusual standing position. Sian was formerly Chang-an, the great Tang capital. This area around the Yellow River was once regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization.
FEATURES
R. G. M. Wedderburn. A Doctor’s Odyssey
Rene Q. Bas. China: A New Beginning
Martyn Green. New China’s Southeast Asian Border City
Arthur Kan. The Pleasant Little World of the Stars
Jon Fukuda. Portraits of a Quarter of Mankind
Nigel Cameron. A Chinese Bestiary
Robert Friend and Roland Berger. The Yellow Emperor’s Tomb
Alexandra Greeley. Old China’s Opium Boxes
Sally Wriggins. A Monk’s Journey to the Buddhist holy Land
Primerose Gigliesi. The Art of Hsiao Shu-fang
Tsao Ching Ho. Discoveries: Exploring Urumqi Town
Marcel Toussaint. Eating Out in Canton
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hongkong Festival of Asian Arts
John St. Denis. Book Review: The Coldest Winter in Peking by Hsia Chih-yen
VOLUME 10 - NUMBER 10
A Chinese Bestiary
Journey to the Buddhist Holy Land
The Little World of Stars
The Opium Heritage
Cover. Detail of a Tang dynasty bell in Sian showing the figure in relief of a lion in a highly unusual standing position. Sian was formerly Chang-an, the great Tang capital. This area around the Yellow River was once regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization.
FEATURES
R. G. M. Wedderburn. A Doctor’s Odyssey
Rene Q. Bas. China: A New Beginning
Martyn Green. New China’s Southeast Asian Border City
Arthur Kan. The Pleasant Little World of the Stars
Jon Fukuda. Portraits of a Quarter of Mankind
Nigel Cameron. A Chinese Bestiary
Robert Friend and Roland Berger. The Yellow Emperor’s Tomb
Alexandra Greeley. Old China’s Opium Boxes
Sally Wriggins. A Monk’s Journey to the Buddhist holy Land
Primerose Gigliesi. The Art of Hsiao Shu-fang
Tsao Ching Ho. Discoveries: Exploring Urumqi Town
Marcel Toussaint. Eating Out in Canton
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hongkong Festival of Asian Arts
John St. Denis. Book Review: The Coldest Winter in Peking by Hsia Chih-yen
VOLUME 10 - NUMBER 10
A Chinese Bestiary
Journey to the Buddhist Holy Land
The Little World of Stars
The Opium Heritage
Cover. Detail of a Tang dynasty bell in Sian showing the figure in relief of a lion in a highly unusual standing position. Sian was formerly Chang-an, the great Tang capital. This area around the Yellow River was once regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization.
FEATURES
R. G. M. Wedderburn. A Doctor’s Odyssey
Rene Q. Bas. China: A New Beginning
Martyn Green. New China’s Southeast Asian Border City
Arthur Kan. The Pleasant Little World of the Stars
Jon Fukuda. Portraits of a Quarter of Mankind
Nigel Cameron. A Chinese Bestiary
Robert Friend and Roland Berger. The Yellow Emperor’s Tomb
Alexandra Greeley. Old China’s Opium Boxes
Sally Wriggins. A Monk’s Journey to the Buddhist holy Land
Primerose Gigliesi. The Art of Hsiao Shu-fang
Tsao Ching Ho. Discoveries: Exploring Urumqi Town
Marcel Toussaint. Eating Out in Canton
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hongkong Festival of Asian Arts
John St. Denis. Book Review: The Coldest Winter in Peking by Hsia Chih-yen