No, it was not illustrated. But there is also no information from the publisher about the new edition in this regard.
I suppose it will be a reissue of the 2008 edition.

zionius wrote:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson (annotator), Wu Gang (trans.), Huang Liyuan (trans.), Huobiteren: Chatu Xiangzhu Ben (The Annotated Hobbit Simplified Chinese translation), Shanghai People’s Publishing House and Horizon Media, c2022.4. 9787208164376, ￥199 (~$30) https://item.jd.com/13618192.html

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The Annotated Hobbit (Chinese Edition)

Shanghai People\'s Publishing House (2022-03-01)

$67.40 Amazon.com (Hardcover) - Availability: Now

£46.73 Amazon.co.uk (Hardcover) - Availability: Now

€55.99 Amazon.de (Gebundene Ausgabe) - Availability: Now

Is there anywhere to buy this book outside of China (somewhere that ships to Europe)?

remy wrote:

zionius wrote:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson (annotator), Wu Gang (trans.), Huang Liyuan (trans.), Huobiteren: Chatu Xiangzhu Ben (The Annotated Hobbit Simplified Chinese translation), Shanghai People’s Publishing House and Horizon Media, c2022.4. 9787208164376, ￥199 (~$30) https://item.jd.com/13618192.html

Is there anywhere to buy this book outside of China (somewhere that ships to Europe)?

This book looks really glorious: https://imgur.com/a/kwkJyrw . Sadly, all the sellers don't seem to support international shipping right now, so you can only get it from third-party platforms which buy it in China and ship it to you. I haven't used any so can't give recommendations (some of them are very expensive and slow).

Ithildin wrote:

No, it was not illustrated. But there is also no information from the publisher about the new edition in this regard.
I suppose it will be a reissue of the 2008 edition.

The official page for this new edition does not have any more remarks; it does not have illustrations.

The 2008 edition should be via this ISBN; somehow I seem to remember a different colour.

There is a German collector who offers tons of info on all German editions, see this page for the 2008.

However, there is one major difference if I am getting this right: the 2008 was a limited edition (7.777 copies); the new is not.

zionius wrote:

remy wrote:

zionius wrote:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson (annotator), Wu Gang (trans.), Huang Liyuan (trans.), Huobiteren: Chatu Xiangzhu Ben (The Annotated Hobbit Simplified Chinese translation), Shanghai People’s Publishing House and Horizon Media, c2022.4. 9787208164376, ￥199 (~$30) https://item.jd.com/13618192.html

Is there anywhere to buy this book outside of China (somewhere that ships to Europe)?

This book looks really glorious: https://imgur.com/a/kwkJyrw . Sadly, all the sellers don't seem to support international shipping right now, so you can only get it from third-party platforms which buy it in China and ship it to you. I haven't used any so can't give recommendations (some of them are very expensive and slow).

Thanks zionius. I'll keep looking. It will probably pop up on Ebay or Amazon at some stage.

remy wrote:

zionius wrote:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson (annotator), Wu Gang (trans.), Huang Liyuan (trans.), Huobiteren: Chatu Xiangzhu Ben (The Annotated Hobbit Simplified Chinese translation), Shanghai People’s Publishing House and Horizon Media, c2022.4. 9787208164376, ￥199 (~$30) https://item.jd.com/13618192.html

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The Annotated Hobbit (Chinese Edition)

Shanghai People\'s Publishing House (2022-03-01)

$67.40 Amazon.com (Hardcover) - Availability: Now

£46.73 Amazon.co.uk (Hardcover) - Availability: Now

€55.99 Amazon.de (Gebundene Ausgabe) - Availability: Now

Is there anywhere to buy this book outside of China (somewhere that ships to Europe)?

The website link you have does allow for shipping worldwide, though sometimes there are stock issues. For example, for this title (the new Annotated Hobbit), it shows as "out of stock" for shipping to the USA, but other Tolkien titles from the same website are in stock and available for shipping to my USA address.

I am using Google Chrome's "translate this webpage" feature, so these instructions are in English:
- on the item page (eg https://item.jd.com/13618192.html)
- click on the "deliver to" dropdown located just above the "quantity" selector.
- click on "Beijing"
- in the lower right corner, there is a "worldwide" option under the Beijing listings
- Find your country in the list of worldwide options (this can be challenging as they are alphabetized based on Mandarin - hunt around)

Good luck!

Wow, thanks, Urolókë, very interesting find. I was browsing through the Chinese editions and they have some very beautiful ones.

As someone trying to learn Mandarin, I'm very interested!

Yes, jd.com supports worldwide shipping, actually it's the best site (economical and reliable) to buy Chinese books outside China. But I've checked the four dozen sellers of this book, and none offered shipping overseas right now. Hopefully they may offer it a few weeks later.
It's also listed on amazon now, though still unavailable too.
The cost on amazon will probably be higher than jd. For example if you want to buy the Chinese paperback LOTR (9787208113039), on jd it's $17.7+$40.8 shipping(to US), on amazon it's $64. It will be much cheaper on jd if you buy many books.

J. R. R. Tolkien was many things: English Catholic, father and husband, survivor of two world wars, Oxford professor, and author. But he was also a theologian. Tolkien’s writings exhibit a coherent theology of God and his works, but Tolkien did not present his views with systematic arguments. Rather, he expressed theology through story.

Title: Tolkien Dogmatics: Theology through Mythology in Middle-Earth
Author: Austin M. Freeman
Publisher: Lexham Press
Publication Date: 16th November 2022
Pages: 432
Format: Logos Digital, Paperback
Trim Size: 5.5x7.75
ISBN: 9781683596677

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Tolkien Dogmatics is a comprehensive manual of Tolkien's theological thought arranged in traditional systematic theology categories, with sections on God, revelation, creation, evil, Christ and salvation, the church, and last things. Through Tolkien's imagination, we reencounter our faith.

It sounded quite interesting until I read it referred to as a 'manual', and that "through Tolkien's imagination, we reencounter our faith".

Is it a book about Tolkien's faith or a manual (or manifesto) about how Tolkien will help one return to God?