THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 5, 1988.
YOUNG BRITON ON
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GENERALISSIMO'S STAFFUEENS
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Hankow, August 27. with the headquarters is a technical Mr. Allan John. McClausland, the expert, while his main work is to young Englishman attached to translate Chinese news into Eng- General Chiang Kai-shek's head-lish and broadcast such news in radio over the Hankow quarters here, who recently applied English for naturalization as a Chinese broadcasting station every Tuesday. subject, will, it is understood, not Thursday and Saturday evening at be granted Chinese nationality-19 p. m, for the time being at any rate.
In China Mr. McClausland is Mr. McClausland, has only been known as Ma Ping-ho, or a man in China two years and the law re- of good manners. and peace.
When Reuter's correspondent quires at least five years' residence,
in China before anyone can be na-met Mr. McClausland, or Mr. Ma as he prefers to be addressed, at a turalized.
It was at first thought that, ow-Chinese Government office recently, ing to Mr. McClausland's close pro- he was conversing in Chinese with ximity to the Generalissimo, this several Chinese officials about his time formality might be waived. present work. Now, however, it is understood that
Mr. McClausland was proud of the Chinese authorities feel they his black silk Chinese long gown, can make no exception in his case, which he declared was the "most Mr. McClausland came to China comfortable clothing in the world." in August 1936.
Educated at Oxford, he studied Chinese for 10 years by himself be- fore he left England for China.
Decides To Study Chinese
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Asked what prompted him study Chinese, Mr. McClausland said it was just curiosity in the be- ginning. He had already studied La- tin, French and Italian. It was dif- ficult to get a good Chinese teacher in England so he decided to study Chinese himself.
He used the famous Kang Hsi dictionary, the distionary edited by Emperor Kang Hsi of the Manchu Dynasty, in his studies, and in the
years he read most of the Chinese
books in the libraries in England.
Then he became so fascinated with China that he decided to leave his parents at Christchurch, near Bournemouth, "two years ago to
come to China.
Arriving in Shanghai he became quickly associated with a group of Chinese writers, including Lin Yu- tang, who wrote "My Country and My People". They started the monthly magazine "West Wind," the first issue of which appeared on September 1, 1986.
Tall and slender he was dark hair parted on the side, heavy eye- He is brows and deep-set eyes. not married and declares to his family have no objections to his becoming Chinese. Reuter.
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Now Mr. McClausland is pu- blisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine, which continues func-ventive tioning in Hankow.
It is one of quantities are still shipped to Aden.
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