Sinologist

Then in the early 20th century the sinologist Edmund Backhouse published with a journalist a counterfeit memoir supposedly written by a member of the royal court of the last Empress Dowager of China. ❋ Joe Queenan (2011)

The sinologist John Chinnery, who has died aged 86, served as the head of the department of Chinese at Edinburgh University for more than 25 years and was a co-founder of the Scotland-China Association. ❋ Frances Wood (2010)

"Cultural Pictures from China" celebrates the life and work of German sinologist Otto Franke (1863-1946) through paintings and objects from his studies in Asia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

• John Derry Chinnery, sinologist, born 30 June 1924; died 12 October 2010 ❋ Frances Wood (2010)

The Max Planck Institute was quick to acknowledge its error explaining that it had consulted a German sinologist prior to publication of the text. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But it also holds true in a different sense today, exactly a century since van Gulik's birth the Dutch diplomat and sinologist would be almost entirely forgotten were it not for his fictional doppelganger. ❋ Unknown (2010)

G.H. Luce, a pioneering sinologist in the early twentieth century, has utilized Chinese records to discuss countries/city-states around Burma. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Influenced by the research of her second husband, world-renowned historian and sinologist Karl Wittfogel, whom she married in 1940, she wrote several essays on the importance of irrigation for Pueblo organization and ceremonial life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I don't purport to be any kind of China "expert" - three weeks in the Middle Kingdom does not make a sinologist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A book by the sinologist Bernardo Cervellera lays bare the contradictions of the regime, on the eve of the Olympic Games in Beijing by Sandro Magister ❋ Papabear (2008)

Needham, we learn, though a distinguished embryologist, self-taught sinologist and general polymath, was susceptible to distractions. ❋ Jan (2008)

Also an history buff, with americanist and sinologist tendancies. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Unfortunately, the only handbook we had at home was in Russian (I can't remember the title; the cover was bottle green, if that helps), a language I still ignore (but I will learn someday, or I'll never dare call myself a sinologist), except for reading the letters (as any Greek when provided a few preliminary instructions). ❋ Unknown (2005)

This would probably be a waste of time (after seeing their Website, I can imagine the response), but it could be interesting if a Muslim sinologist (or simply a Muslim Chinese) and a Jewish sinologist wrote a common letter (preferably "open"). ❋ Unknown (2005)

In addition, I wish to acknowledge the deep inspirations provided by the prolific writings of the late sinologist John Blofeld, as well as the pioneering work of R.H. van Gulik. ❋ Daniel Reid (1989)

The British sinologist Dr Joseph Needham has catalogued and analyzed the many Taoist contributions to the mainstream of world science in his massive, definitive series Science and Civilization in China. ❋ Daniel Reid (1989)