For example, a Hebrew class in Shanghai, sponsored by the Shanghai Center for Jewish Studies in cooperation with the Israeli Consulate General in Shanghai, had as many as 70 participants. Among the students were scholars and graduates engaged in Jewish studies, employees of commercial firms that have business contacts with Israel, tour guides, teachers, and government officials. As I worked with this project, I was surprised by the number of the recently released books about Israel and Jewish culture in Chinese. I began to see the results of the constant work of Chinese Jewish scholars. The interest in Jewish people and Jewish subjects among Chinese has greatly increased.
Many books are in their second or third printings.
I was told that additional books are being set and printed and will shortly be released. As a result, the size of the catalog has doubled. It now includes 117 books compared with 64 books in the first edition. These include five on Hebrew literature, four on the Holocaust, twelve on Jewish culture, three on Israeli leaders, two about Jewish history, five on Israel, and two about Jews in China. The condition that we, the Chinese scholars in the field of Judaic studies, had been longing and working towards finally justifies our efforts.