CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S REPORT ........................................................................................................................ xii
FRIENDS OF THE RAS (UK) REPORT.................... xxvi
AUDITOR'S REPORT ........................................................................................................................ xxviii
HON. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT ............................................................................................................. xxxv
ARTICLES
Dan Waters - Laughter Across the Great Wall: A Comparison of Chinese and Western Humour ........ 1
Keith Stevens - Images of Sinicised Vedic Deities on Chinese Altars ................................................ 51
Richard J. Garrett - Weapons of the China Wars ............................................................................... 107
Keith Stevens - Naturalist, Author, Artist, Explorer and Editor, and Almost Forgotten President: Arthur de Carle Sowerby, 1885 - 1954, President of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1935 - 1940 ............ 121
Keith Stevens and Jennifer Welch - Xu, the Taoist Perfected Lord Xu Zhenjun, the Protective Deity of Jiangsi Province........... 137
Gillian Bickley - Plum Puddings and Sharp Boys, "One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin": An Analysis of the China Coverage in the Illustrated London News, 5 January to 23 September, 1861 ........ 147
Keith Stevens - The Deification of Heroes Following the Struggle by the Vassal State of Chou to Overthrow the Shang Dynasty...... 173
Keith Stevens - Temples Arise from the Ashes of Revolution ........................................................... 187
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