{{Short description|English academic, author and philosopher}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2019}} '''Christopher New''' is an English academic, author and philosopher.
In 1969, New became the head of the philosophy department at The University of Hong Kong. He is the author of the historical novel series, ''The China Coast Trilogy'', which deals with the British presence in China during the 20th century. New has also written novels set in India, Egypt and Europe. He currently divides his time between Asia and Europe. __NOTOC__
==Bibliography==
===China Coast Trilogy=== *{{cite book | year = 1985 | title = Shanghai | publisher = Summit Books | isbn = 0-671-42197-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/shanghainovel00newcrich }} *{{cite book | year = 2002 | title = The Chinese Box | publisher = Soho Press | isbn = 962-8783-06-8}} *{{cite book | year = 2002 | title = A Change of Flag | publisher = Soho Press | isbn =962-7160-95-4 }}
===Other novels=== * ''The Kaminsky Cure'', Saqi. 2005. {{ISBN|0-86356-531-X}} * ''The Road to Maridur'', Asia2000. 2002. {{ISBN|962-8783-23-8}} * ''A Small Place in the Desert'', Asia2000. 2004. {{ISBN|962-8783-34-3}} * ''Goodbye Chairman Mao'', New English Library. 1980. {{ISBN|0-450-04619-2}} * ''Gage Street Courtesan'', Earnshaw Books. 2013. {{ISBN|978-988-16163-5-7}} * ''Chinese Spring'', Contraband. 2019. {{ISBN|978-191-22351-4-8}}
===Philosophy=== '''Book''' * ''The Philosophy of Literature: An Introduction'', Routledge. 1999. {{ISBN|0-415-14485-X}} '''Journals''' * {{cite journal|last1=New|first1=C.G.|title=IV.—A Plea for Linguistics|journal=Mind|date=1 July 1966|volume=75|issue=299|pages=368–384|doi=10.1093/mind/LXXV.299.368}} * {{cite journal|last1=New|first1=Christopher|title=Saints, Heroes and Utilitarians |journal=Philosophy|date=April 1974|volume=49|issue=188|doi=10.1017/S0031819100048051| pages=179–189}} *{{cite journal|last1=New|first1=Christopher|title=Time and Punishment|journal=Analysis |date=January 1992|volume=52|issue=1|pages=35–40|doi=10.2307/3328880|jstor=3328880 }} *{{cite journal|last1=New|first1=Christopher|title=Antitheism: A Reflection|journal=Ratio |date=June 1993|volume=6|issue=1|pages=36–43|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9329.1993.tb00051.x}} *{{cite journal|last1=New|first1=Christopher|title=Punishing Times: Reply to Smilansky |journal=Analysis|date=January 1995|volume=55|issue=1|pages=60–62|doi=10.2307/3328621|jstor=3328621 }} *{{cite journal|last1=New|first1=Christopher|title=A Note on Truth in Fiction|journal=The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism|date=Autumn 1997|volume=55|issue=4|pages=421–423 |doi=10.2307/430930|jstor=430930 }}
==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130107174347/http://www.asia2000.com.hk/asia2000/orchid/shanghai.shtml Asia2000: Review of "Shanghai"] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20020919135116/http://www.asia2000.com.hk/Asia2000/authors/christophernew.shtml Asia2000: Christopher New] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041206071129/http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/uk/new/newbio.html]
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