Chinese Jades from the Cissy and Robert Tang Collection (In English), Art Museum

This is a fully illustrated catalogue of a private, Hong Kong-based collection formed over nearly four decades. Drawing upon the latest art-historical and archaeological research, its selection of 100 jades spans Chinese history from Neolithic times to the late Qing dynasty.

As well as in-depth discussions of individual pieces in the catalogue entries, additional essays include the collector's accounts of his collecting activities and their back stories; Professor Jenny F. So's discussion of the special character of this collection; and contributions by Dr Chu Xin and Professor Chi Jo-shin on important topics in jade studies inspired by pieces in the collection.

Heavenly Crafted: Selected Mughal Jades from the Palace Museum (In Chinese and English), Art Museum

This bilingual catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Heavenly Crafted: Selected Mughal Jades from the Palace Museum" jointly organised by the Art Museum, CUHK and the Palace Museum, Beijing. The catalogue features 40 full colour images of extraordinary pieces of Mughal jade from the Palace Museum collection. It also includes essays written by Dr Xu Xiaodong, Associate Director of the Art Museum, Mr. Zhang Linjie and Ms. Huang Ying from the Palace Museum and Ms Hu Tingting, PhD Candidate in the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK. It gives readers an excellent opportunity to learn more about Mughal jades.

Erudition in Ink: The Calligraphy of Sheung Chun-ho, Art Museum

This bilingual catalogue with full colour illustrations is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Erudition in Ink: The Calligraphy of Sheung Chun-ho", which features a critical selection of 54 calligraphic works from the exhibition. It also includes essays written by Professor Bai Qianshen, Institute of Cultural Relics, Zhejiang University; Professor Ho Che-wah and Professor Lawrence Yim, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK; and Dr Phil Chan, Art Museum, CUHK.

Current Research in Chinese Linguistics (Volume 95 Number 1), T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre

Current Research in Chinese Linguistics (Volume 95 Number 1) has been released. There are three articles in this issue:

1. Yan-Yu Wan: Non-Predicative Adjectives in Cantonese
2. Qiu-Ru Xu, Yu-Meng Huang and Xing-Bin Huang: On Kaixuan and Kaixuan Guilai
3. Wo-Kui Lam: A Study on the Origin and Evolution of "Xiguan Shuo" in Chinese Textbooks

PDF copies of these articles can be downloaded for free at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/clrc/.

Twenty-First Century Bimonthly (Issue 153, February 2016), Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture

Twenty-First Century Bimonthly (Issue 153, February 2016) has been published. The topic for the current Twenty-First Century Review is "Farewell to the Propaganda State?" Professor Hu Yong and Master student Chen Qiu-xin contributed their article "Propaganda Logic versus Market Logic: The Ethical Dilemma of Chinese Journalism in the Age of New Media".

Five research articles are also published in this issue:

1.  Pan Xue-fang : The Reform of Village Economic Shareholding Cooperative and the Value of Farmland for Social Security
2.  Dong Jie : A Shrine for Chairman Mao Zedong: The Construction of an Exhibition Pavilion in Shaoshan
3.  Ren Wei : Suppressing Local Tyrants: The Chinese Red Army's Acquisition of Grain and Its Plight during the 1920s and 1930s
4.  Shen Zhi-hua : Kim Il-sung Reaches the Apex of Power: The August Incident
5.  Guo Guo-chang : The Creation of the Pioneer of Literature : The Image Building of Maksim Gorky in the Communist-occupied Areas during the 1940s

For the contents of the latest issue, please visit the Twenty-First Century Bimonthly website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/21c/.

Studies in Translation History (2015), Research Centre for Translation

Studies in Translation History (2015), a collection of ten new articles on translation history, was published in December 2015 by Fudan University Press. Readers are welcome to order the journal by contacting the Research Centre for Translation. For details, please visit the RCT bookstore at https://eshop.rct.cuhk.edu.hk/.