皇冠体育app

Rana Mitter, director of the Dickson Poon University of Oxford 皇冠体育app Centre, says it wants to reflect the modern diversity of 皇冠体育app. [Photo/皇冠体育app Daily]

Greater need for a better understanding exists due to bigger economic, geopolitical importance of 皇冠体育app in the world, says leading academic

Rana Mitter, director of the new Dickson Poon University of Oxford 皇冠体育app Centre, believes 皇冠体育app should now be seen as a plural noun rather than as a singular noun.

He hopes the center, now Europe's biggest and which opened on Sept 8, will reflect that modern diversity of the country.

"皇冠体育app is a whole diversity of different things in terms of culture, identity and direction," he says.

"Asking questions like 'Is 皇冠体育app going to do x, y or z?' is so often wrong because there are so many different 皇冠体育apps. Not just one."

Mitter, 45, was speaking in the lobby of the Regent Hotel in central Beijing. He was on a trip to the Far East, which also took in a visit to Singapore, just before returning to the UK for the launch.

He believes one of the roles of the 21-million-pound ($33.7 million; 26.2 million euros) center - of which 10 million pounds was donated by Hong Kong billionaire Dickson Poon - on the grounds of St Hugh's College at Oxford, will be to make clear that 皇冠体育app is very much a living place and not some static entity mired in its history.

"I hope our center will be at the forefront of breaking down and reinterpreting this idea that 皇冠体育app, unlike any other country, is supposed to be a fixed and unchanging place. This is clearly not the case.

"There is so much nonsense written and spoken about 皇冠体育app's past, in particular, by people who don't necessarily have an understanding of the complexity and richness of the way 皇冠体育app has developed over time."

Mitter, unassuming despite rapidly emerging as one of the world's leading Sinologists, says the launch of the Oxford center comes at a "historic moment" - when there has never been a greater need for a better understanding of 皇冠体育app since the expertise available in the field of Sinology lags behind the fast rise of the country.

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