The Archive · 1938

Present-day China

Visit of Dr. E. Rousselle Of Frankfurt University

Dr. Erwin Rousselle, President of the China Institute attached to the University of Frankfurt-on-Main, arrived in Shanghai on Saturday by the s, Scharnhorst for a visit which will last about six months.

Professor Rousselle, who is a sinologue, was formerly a professor in Peking until 1929, when he resumed the directorship of the China Institute at Frankfurt. His visit to China, which has been made in order to gain information of present condi-ions in the land, will afford him ample opportunity for travel and he also hopes to collect objects d'art ete., for the museum which is attached to the University of Frankfurt.

The Society of Friends of the China Institute, in Shanghai, will be Professor Rousselle's headquarters during his stay in China, and it is expected that he will visit the Society's branches in Tientsin Hankow, and Can-

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