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1、EncyclopñdiaBritannica,Inc.,isaleaderinreferenceandeducationpublishingwhoseproductscanbefoundinmanymedia,fromtheInternettomobilephonestobooks.Apioneerinelectronicpublish-ingsincetheearly1980s,BritannicalaunchedthefirstencyclopediaontheInternetin1994.Italsocontinuestopublis
2、handreviseitsfamedprintset,firstreleasedinEdinburgh,Scotland,in1768.EncyclopñdiaBritannica'scontributorsincludemanyofthegreatestwritersandscholarsintheworld,andmorethan110NobelPrizewinnershavewrittenforBritannica.AprofessionaleditorialstaffensuresthatBritannica'scontentisc
3、lear,current,andcorrect.Thisbookisprincipallybasedoncontentfromtheencyclopediaanditscontributors.ContributorsJonathanMirsky,whocontributedTheCentralCountry,hastaughtChinese,ChineseHistoryandLiteratureatCambridgeUniversity,theUniversityofPennsylvania,andDartmouthCollege.Fro
4、m1993to1998hewasEastAsiaeditorofTheTimes(London)basedinHongKong.HehasalsowrittenfortheObserver,theEconomist,andtheIndependent.HeisaregularwriterfortheNewYorkReviewofBooks,theTimesLiterarySupplement,theInternationalHeraldTribune,andTheSpectator.In1989DrMirskywasnamedBritish
5、newspapers'InternationalReporteroftheYearforhiscoverageofthedemonstrationsatTiananmenSquarethatyear.In1999hewasaShorensteinFellowatHarvard.In2002hewastheI.F.StoneFellowintheGraduateSchoolofJournalismattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Dorothy-GraceGuerrero,whocontributedT
6、hePerilsofChina'sExplosiveGrowth,isaSeniorResearchAssociateofFocusontheGlobalSouth,aspecialprojectofChulalongkornUniversitySocialResearchInstituteinBangkok.FrancesWood,whocontributedTheChineseDynasties,isheadoftheChineseDepartmentattheBritishLibrary.Sheisalsotheauthorof,am
7、ongotherbooks,DidMarcoPoloGotoChina?,TheSilkRoadandTheFirstEmperorofChina.THEGUIDETOMODERNCHINAAcomprehensiveintroductiontothetheworld'sneweconomicgiantEncyclopædiaBritannica,Inc.www.britannica.comFirstprinteditionpublishedintheUKbyRobinson,animprintofConstable&RobinsonLtd
8、,2008Text©2008EncyclopædiaBritannica,Inc.‘TheCentralCountry’©2008JonathanMirsky‘ThePerils
