Frances Wood is Head of the Chinese section at the British Library. Her previous publications include Did Marco Polo Go to China? (1995), No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843-1943 (1998), Hand Grenade Practice in Peking: My Part in the Cultural Revolution (2000), The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia (British Library, 2003), The First Emperor of China (2008) and The Lure of China (2009). Mark Barnard is Manager of the Conservation Section at the British Library. He is currently undertaking the conservation of the Diamond Sutra.
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