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1、EncyclopñdiaBritannica,Inc.,isaleaderinreferenceandeducationpublishingwhoseproductscanbefoundinmanymedia,fromtheInternettomobilephonestobooks.Apioneerinelectronicpublish-ingsincetheearly1980s,BritannicalaunchedthefirstencyclopediaontheInternetin1994.Italsocontinuestopublishandreviseitsfam
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3、isprincipallybasedoncontentfromtheencyclopediaanditscontributors.ContributorsJonathanMirsky,whocontributedTheCentralCountry,hastaughtChinese,ChineseHistoryandLiteratureatCambridgeUniversity,theUniversityofPennsylvania,andDartmouthCollege.From1993to1998hewasEastAsiaeditorofTheTimes(London)
4、basedinHongKong.HehasalsowrittenfortheObserver,theEconomist,andtheIndependent.HeisaregularwriterfortheNewYorkReviewofBooks,theTimesLiterarySupplement,theInternationalHeraldTribune,andTheSpectator.In1989DrMirskywasnamedBritishnewspapers'InternationalReporteroftheYearforhiscoverageofthedemo
5、nstrationsatTiananmenSquarethatyear.In1999hewasaShorensteinFellowatHarvard.In2002hewastheI.F.StoneFellowintheGraduateSchoolofJournalismattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Dorothy-GraceGuerrero,whocontributedThePerilsofChina'sExplosiveGrowth,isaSeniorResearchAssociateofFocusontheGlobalSou
6、th,aspecialprojectofChulalongkornUniversitySocialResearchInstituteinBangkok.FrancesWood,whocontributedTheChineseDynasties,isheadoftheChineseDepartmentattheBritishLibrary.Sheisalsotheauthorof,amongotherbooks,DidMarcoPoloGotoChina?,TheSilkRoadandTheFirstEmperorofChina.THEGUIDETOMODERNCHINAA
7、comprehensiveintroductiontothetheworld'sneweconomicgiantEncyclopædiaBritannica,Inc.www.britannica.comFirstprinteditionpublishedintheUKbyRobinson,animprintofConstable&RobinsonLtd,2008Text©2008EncyclopædiaBritannica,Inc.‘TheCentralCountry’©2008JonathanMirsky‘ThePerils
