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The Center for Chinese Studies, in conjunction with the University of Hawai'i Press, publishes the semi-annual China Review International, dedicated to presenting reviews of recent scholarly books in Chinese studies. Books to be reviewed are identified by a committee of corresponding editors located in countries around the globe. These works are reviewed by prominent scholars and published in the journal. The principal aim of the journal is to apprise the field of new scholarship as it becomes available and to publish knowledgeable reviews of the new work within a year of its date of publication.
For further information about CRI, contact managing editor Daniel Tschudi at (808)956-8891.
ABC Dictionary and ABC Database
With the support of a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's International Research and Studies Program, the Center for Chinese Studies, working under the direction of Emeritus Professor John DeFrancis, completed the 72,000-entry ABC (AlphaBetically-based Computerized) Chinese-English Dictionary. Terms in the dictionary are arrayed in single-sort alphabetic order ("xuexiao" [school], for example, appears between "xuexiang" [hemogram] and "xuexiaoban" [platelet], rather than under the head character "xue" [to learn]). The dictionary was published in 1996 by the University of Hawai'i Press. In addition, the database that produced the dictionary is being distributed by UH’s Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development. Rights to use the electronic version of the dictionary have been purchased by Wenlin Software for Learning Chinese and by Twinbridge Corporation. It is expected that the database can be used to support Chinese language word-processing systems as well. The Center is well along on a project to expand the dictionary to almost 200,000 entries. For further information, contact Daniel Tschudi at (808)956-8891.