today is the day the evil straits times starts charging for access, but they won't get me that way. zaobao remains free, and that is where i shall be getting my home news. as i've revived the chinese blog but don't much want to write there i'm going to update it weekly with a collection of links to interesting zaobao articles, reviews or significant home news. sort of like a chinese arts and letters daily in weekly edition.

as this one is going to expire tomorrow though i'll link it on this blog now.

excerpt:

中国文学史上是有个时期，东方走向西方，西方走向东方，有效打造世界文化、文学的交流局面。....

　全书的内容分成：西游记、东游记、梦游记3个板块，每一部分收录我们熟悉或不熟悉的作家、诗人与学者十几二十位。　　之所以有这样别有用心的“板块”分法，原因是：西游是指那些到法国、美国、英国、苏联的学生及作家，主要有：徐志摩、傅斯年、老舍、闻一多、林语堂、李劼人等；东游是欧美人士到中国来的人士，主要有：庄士敦、奥尼尔、高罗佩、燕卜荪等；最有趣的是梦游记，所介绍的人物是中国文化的向往者，他们可能不会阅读中文，却对中国文化有五体投地的爱心和敬佩，主要的有：魏雷（韦理）、斯耐德、庞德、罗厄尔等。