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Sinologist Spence's unfulfilled trip to Jiangnan
en.hangzhou.com.cn   2022-01-14 12:38   Source:ezhejiang.gov.cn

In late December 2021, Jonathan Spence, one of the most influential sinologists of his generation, died from complications of Parkinson's disease at the age of 85 at his residence in West Haven, Connecticut, the United States.

In an interview with the Qianjiang Evening Paper (a Hangzhou-based newspaper) on Dec 28, 2021, Zheng Peikai, a close friend of Spence's and the first doctoral student ever enrolled and supervised by him, spoke of Spence's highly anticipated trip to Jiangnan – a Chinese word referring to a prosperous region immediately south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River – that never came to pass.

Author:  Editor:Wang Jian
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