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#林語堂 #LinYuTang still relevant? " #China has been profoundly misunderstood. Lin’s liminal position as both an insider and an interpreter created a lens that, while distorted in ways we can now recognize, still offers insight. " chinabooksreview.com/2025/03/25/l... @chinabksreview.bsky.social

Mar 31, 2025, 1:29 PM

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