{"id":608,"date":"2015-09-10T05:32:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T19:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.griffithasiainsights.com.au\/?p=608"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:53:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:53:57","slug":"professor-emeritus-colin-mackerras-receives-china-book-special-contribution-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/professor-emeritus-colin-mackerras-receives-china-book-special-contribution-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Emeritus Colin Mackerras receives China Book Special Contribution award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1965\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/colin-mac-book-award2.jpg\" alt=\"colin-mac-book-award2\" width=\"200\" height=\"256\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Mackerras with his China Book Special Contribution Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are very pleased to congratulate Professor Emeritus Colin Mackerras, who was recently made recipient of the prestigious China Book Special Contribution Award. Colin is the 23rd recipient of the award since its establishment in 2005, and as a representative of all of this year&#8217;s award winners, he delivered the keynote speech in China on 25 August in the Great Hall of the People.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very proud and honoured to receive this award on 25 August at the ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing\u201d Professor Mackerras said.<\/p>\n<p>At the ceremony, State Councillor and Politburo Member Liu Yandong \u5218\u5ef6\u4e1c, the most senior woman in the Chinese government awarded trophy inscribed with the character shu \u4e66, meaning \u201cbook\u201d to the recipients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1963\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1963 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/colin-mac-book-award3-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"colin-mac-book-award3\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delivering a keynote address<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Professor Mackerras \u201cBelieves very strongly in cultural understanding, interchange and sharing, as well as in knowledge and ways of interpreting and spreading it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love my own culture and am a passionate lover of Western music. 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