Intimate Encounters in China
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This book was written so that I could share with my family, friends and those interested in China the stories and experiences of 10 years travelling and working in China and the impact it had on me. In the words of my friend and a colleague, Professor Wang, "From the book we can see how his life was in China: What he encountered, experienced, what he liked and disliked, what he expected and what was unexpected. His life in Tianjin made a big difference to him. To some degree I can confidently say his life in Tianjin and China changed him. He is now a different Doctor Ross Colquhoun from the time before he ever came to China."
This book is divided into four parts. Each part reflects on aspects of my journeys throughout China and the intimate encounters I had with the people, society, culture and history. I say intimate, as I feel that the people of China opened their hearts to me and generously shared their knowledge, wisdom, aspirations and their lives. The 20 chapters cover many aspects of Chinese, life., including observations and insights into Chinese food, customs, philosophy, painting, poetry, music and much more.
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Ross Colquhoun, D H Sc, M App Sc (Neuroscience), B Sc (Hons)
Dr Ross Colquhoun, researcher and author has for many years worked as a writer and editor and as a university lecturer. He is currently a Senior Consultant for Chinese Culture Translation and Studies Support Network (CCTSS), a platform co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Beijing Language and Culture University and is on the editorial board of Bright Nova Publishing and has recently edited 12 books, mainly on aspects of Chinese culture, including collections of poems. From 2015 to 2019 he was a lecturer at Nankai and Tianjin Universities teaching Medical Psychology and Academic Writing among other subjects. He gave a number of guest lectures on dementia at several universities and hospitals in Tianjin, Wuhan and Nanning. During the ten years he travelled and worked in China he visited many cities and provinces including Xinjiang, Heilongjiang and Yunnan and historical and cultural sites and research facilities.
He has published many research articles on related subjects and the books: "Is Dementia and Bigger Word than Cancer" (2010), "Dementia and You" (English edition), (2015); "Dementia and You" (Chinese edition), (2017); and four books of "Traditional Chinese Stories", (2017). He has co-authored two books with Professor Wang Ronghua, "Poverty Alleviation in China: A Modern-Day Wonder" and "Insights and Observations on the Thirteen Confucian Classics", which were published in 2021. More recently he completed writing this memoir of his many friendships, teaching and travels in China, "Intimate Encounters in China". It has just been translated into Chinese. Together with a new version of his book of 16 "Traditional Chinese Stories" these books have recently been published as paperbacks by New Classic Press.
