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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/362 contains:
1 Copy of an article by Kingsley Martin entitled 'The Challenge of China', ('New Statesman', 20 December 1958), and related documents
2 Copy of a published letter from Joseph Needham to the Editor of 'New Statesman', commenting on an article by R. H. S. Crossman on an article summarising conversations he had in Peking and Wuhan, September 1958
3 Published letter from Joseph Needham to the Editor of the 'New Statesman and Nation' [Edmund Luard], responding to a front page editorial on contemporary China which used the phrase 'uniform fanaticism and spiritual intolerance', and related documents
4 Four letters from Sheila Benson of the Universities and Left Review Club, London, arranging for Joseph Needham to speak on the 'Background to China', 4 May 1959, and related documents
5 Joseph Needham's notes for a lecture on 'Social and Philosophical Background of Current Changes in Chinese Culture'
6 Joseph Needham's notes from a 'China No.' of 'Comprendre', (1958), relating to the development of China's new society
7 Published extract from Philip Sherrard, 'The Greek East and the Latin West: A Study of the Christian Tradition', (Oxford University Press, 1959)
8 Corresopndence with Jessica Smith of the 'New World Review', New York City, U.S.A., about Joseph Needham's preparation of a discussion of the social and philosophical background to contemporary China
9 Correspondence with Prof. Umberto Campagnolo of 'Comprendre', Venice, Italy, about the publication of a French translation of Joseph Needham's, 'The Past in China's Present: A Cultural, Social and Philosophical Background for Contemporary China'
10 Information card and programme for The William Temple Society, Cambridge University, Lent Term, 1960
11 Correspondence with Liu Pengju of Hong Kong, about the publication of a new periodical 'Eastern Horizon', and other matters
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Correspondence with Lim Lian-Teck in London, about a possible Malay translation of Joseph Needham's article 'The Past in China's Present: A Cultural, Social and Philosophical Background for Contemporary China'
Reference SCC2/362/12
Creator Lim Lian-Teck; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 11 Jan. 1960–7 Feb. 1960
Extent and Medium 4 sheets; Paper
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The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Lim; copy of 1 letter from Needham.

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