Chinese journal reaches English audience

Foreign readers may soon be able to read an influential Chinese academic journal on literature, history and philosophy in English online.

The journal has entered into a partnership with academic publisher Brill to "introduce China's social sciences to people across the world".

According to editors at the Journal of Chinese Humanities, the first issue will concentrate on the development of Chinese society, from the time the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) unified China to the Revolution of 1911. It features papers from six Chinese and three foreign scholars.