China and the Irish
Published on 22. June 2009
Book
Hardback
165 pages
978-1-84840-042-9 (ISBN)
Description
"China and the Irish" is a pioneering work, the first to explore relations between the Chinese and Irish people. Its eleven essays cover a wide range of topics, from diplomatic history to music, from business to botanical exchanges and literary connections. What the book makes clear is that, although formal diplomatic relations may go back only thirty years, interactions between the people of China and those from Ireland have a long and complex history, going back well before the actual founding of either Republic. The book includes a welcoming letter from the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, and an afterword by the current Irish Ambassador to China, Declan Kelleher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Illustrations
illustrations
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84840-042-9 (9781848400429)
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Following a long career in the English Department at University College, Dublin, Dr. Jerusha McCormack has spent much of the last five years teaching culture studies as a Visiting Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University. During this time she helped to found the first (and so far the only) Irish Studies Centre in China, located at BFSU. The essays which appear in this book, China and the Irish, are the result of her long-standing interest in discovering hitherto unexplored links between Ireland and China.