Foreign Languages Press is a
publishing house located in
China.
Based in
Beijing
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, it was founded in 1952 and currently forms part of the
China International Publishing Group, which is owned and controlled by the
Publicity Department of the
Chinese Communist Party
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The press publishes books on a wide range of topics in eighteen languages spoken primarily outside China. Much of its output is aimed at the international community – its 1960s editions of works by
Marx and
Lenin are still widely circulated – but it also publishes some material aimed at
foreign language students within China.
Beginning in the 1950s many works of classical and modern Chinese literature were translated into English by translators such as
Gladys Yang,
Yang Xianyi and
Sidney Shapiro.
As of 2008, the house had published over 30,000 titles in a total of 43 languages.
Book series
English language titles
* Ancient Towns Around Shanghai
* China Handbook Series
* China Knowledge Series
* China Society for People's Friendship Studies
* China Sports Series
* China Travel Kit Series
* China's Nationalities Series
* Chinese Health Qigong Series
* Chinese Language Library
* Chinese Wushu Series
* The Culture & Civilization of China
* Echos from the Classics
* History of Modern China Series
* How To Series
* Library of Chinese Classics
* Light on China Series
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* Modern Chinese Literature Library
* Monkey Series
* Panda Series
* Picture Story Series
* Studies on the Chinese Market Economy Series
* Ten Minutes Series
* Traditional Chinese Therapeutic Exercises and Techniques
French language titles
* Contes populaires chinois
* Connaissance de la Chine
* Histoire moderne de Chine
* Le roi des singes
See also
* Foreign Languages Publishing House (Soviet Union), Moscow – similar publisher in Soviet Union
* Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea), Pyongyang – similar publisher in North Korea
* Foreign Languages Publishing House (Vietnam), Hanoi – similar publisher in Vietnam which is now known as Thế Giới Publishers
References
External links
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Archival links of Foreign Languages Press at The Internet Archive in the US
– company description, history and contact details
at China Internet Information Center
China Internet Information Center (; or 中国网/网上中国) is a state-run web portal of the People's Republic of China and published under the auspices of the State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group.
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Foreign Languages Press
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Political book publishing companies
Publishing companies of China
Organizations associated with the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese propaganda organisations
Publishing companies established in 1952