Randall Gould, China in the Sun (Doubleday, 1946),

1941/3/20 與Randall Gould長談 此 Randall Gould的出書和資料如下

Randall Gould, China in the Sun (Doubleday, 1946),
"China in the Sun"的 Sun 可能是多關語

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Randall Gould and Old China Hands

I came across a nice quote while re-reading Randall Gould’s great China memoir China in the Sun (1946) the other day. Gould was a veteran member of the old China press corps before the war. He happened to mention to Madame Sun Yat-sen (Soong Ching-ling) that he was thinking of writing his memoirs. She replied:

“Whatever you do, don’t write like an old China Hand, please!!” - Madame Sun (left with Dr Sun Yat-sen) disliked the old Treaty Porters.

Gould supplies a definition of what he thought should be the definition of a real old China Hand – “...someone who liked the Chinese and meant them to profit by presence as he in turn profited by the Chinese.”

Seems fair enough to me


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Randall Gould, China in the Sun (Doubleday, 1946),

Title: China in the Sun. Author: Gould, Randall. Publisher: Doubleday Place Published: New York: Date Published: 1946. Description: 403 pages. The author writes of his impressions from Nationalist China, the Kuomintang, military and industry, economics and the future. Red cloth hardcover with titles on spine and small illustration. Text clean and good, front free end paper clipped at top right, light wear to cover. 8.6 by 5.6 inches. Book Condition: Fair to Good Edition: First edition