New books at a glance. Zhonguo Kouyi Shi (China: History of interpreting). Qingdao: Qingdao Press, 2002. 466 pp. ISBN 7-5436-2592-X RMB$ 21.
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In a country with a history of more than five thousand years, interpreting has been critical to China’s development. Li Nanqiu’s new book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of interpreting in China by examining a large number of documents and official histories, and citing many instances of language mediation.