1991 Foreword by the Editor The China Quarter.pdfVIP

Foreword by the Editor Author s : David Shambaugh Source: The China Quarterly, No. 128 Dec., 1991 , pp. 687-690 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies Stable URL: /stable/654366 . Accessed: 15/06/2011 23:14 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . / you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . /action/showPublisher?publisherCode cup. . Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Cambridge University Press and School of Oriental and African Studies are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The China Quarterly. Foreword by the Editor As incomingEditorof TheChinaQuarterlyI wish to take the occasion of the first issue under my editorship to convey to our readers my sense of thejournal, its past, and its futuredirections.Let me begin by observing that being appointed Editor is both a great honour and a challengingopportunity,which I will take most seriously.Never did I imagine when I took out my first student subscriptionto The China Quarterlynearly20 years agothat one dayI would become its editor. I also wish to thank my predecessor,BrianG. Hook, who has navigated the journal through more than a decade of t