Source: China – South China Morning PostThe eminent British-born China scholar and author Jonathan Spence has died, aged 85.Spence, a long-time Yale University professor and author of the 1990 bestselling book The Search for Modern China, died at his home in West Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday. His wife Annping Chin, also a Yale professor, said the cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease.The recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, a Los Angeles Times book prize and numerous other honours, Spence wrote more than a dozen books…Read More