Christopher New is an English academic, author and
philosopher
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
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In 1969, New became the head of the
philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
department at
The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public university, public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as t ...
. He is the author of the historical novel series, ''The China Coast Trilogy'', which deals with the British presence in China during the 20th century. New has also written novels set in India, Egypt and Europe. He currently divides his time between Asia and Europe.
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Bibliography
China Coast Trilogy
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Other novels
* ''The Kaminsky Cure'', Saqi. 2005.
* ''The Road to Maridur'', Asia2000. 2002.
* ''A Small Place in the Desert'', Asia2000. 2004.
* ''Goodbye Chairman Mao'', New English Library. 1980.
* ''Gage Street Courtesan'', Earnshaw Books. 2013.
* ''Chinese Spring'', Contraband. 2019.
Philosophy
Book
* ''The Philosophy of Literature: An Introduction'', Routledge. 1999.
Journals
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External links
Asia2000: Review of "Shanghai"Asia2000: Christopher New
Living people
British philosophy academics
Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong
Writers of historical fiction set in the modern age
English historical novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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