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IN amplification of the note on this subject which appeared in NATURE of September 26, p. 369, Prof. E. R. Dodds, F. B. A., of the regius chair of Greek in the University of Oxford, will also be proceeding to China shortly on a mission of cultural co-operation, like Dr. J. Needham, F. R. S., on behalf of the British Council. In Chungking he will be attached to the Sino-British Cultural Association, and he will present letters of greeting to Academia Sinica (the National Academy of China) from the University of Oxford and the British Academy. Prof. Dodds will visit as many as possible of the Chinese universities and cultural institutions, and his stay will certainly do a very great deal to strengthen Sino-British cultural relations. It may be added that Dr. E. R. Hughes, reader in Chinese in the University of Oxford, has already been for nearly a year in China, at Kunming and other university towns, doing similar valuable work. The visit of Prof. Dodds and Dr. Needham was recently noted by the well-known Chinese newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, which published a leading article welcoming them in the warmest terms, and expressing the hope that the interchange of scientific workers and scholars between China and Britain may take place in the future on a much wider scale than hitherto.
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Cultural and Scientific Mission in China. Nature 150, 426 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150426b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150426b0