Global Knowledge Production about China

Julie Yu-Wen Chen

doi:10.24415/9789400605527

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-94-006-0553-4
ISBN-Online: 978-94-006-0552-7
ePub ISBN: 9789400605534
Publisher: Leiden University Press, Leiden
Language: English
Pages: 222
Product Type: Monograph

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1. Table of Contents
2. List of Figures and Tables
3. List of Abbreviations
4. Preface
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1. 1.1 The perpetuated interactions between politics and knowledge about China
2. 1.2 Geographic scope
3. 1.3 Methods and datasets
4. 1. 1.4.1 Three major parts
  2. 1.4.2 Overview of the next nine chapters
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1. 1. 2.1 Knowledge about China is conditioned by epistemological relationships with China
  2. 2.2 Different Chinas and different routes to understanding Chinas
  3. 1. 2.3.1 China experts who cannot speak Chinese?
    2. 2.3.2 China experts who have never been to China?
    3. 2.3.3 Translating Chinese as a step towards sinicization
    4. 2.3.4 Ethnic Chinese China experts’ diverse sinicization experiences
    5. 2.3.5 Journey to the East: education and travels
    6. 2.3.6 Journey to America
2. 1. 3.1 Scientific Chineseness vs sinological Chineseness
  2. 3.2 Uneven development of China studies across Southeast Asia
  3. 3.3 Cross-fertilization of China studies and Southeast Asian studies
  4. 3.4 Chinese diaspora and Thai knowledge production about China
3. 1. 1. 4.1.1 The search for Central Asian roots drove research on China
    2. 4.1.2 Central Asian China watchers could tackle sensitive topics
  2. 4.2 The deep influence of Russian sinology
  3. 1. 4.3.1 The study of China is largely confined to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
  4. 4.4 Comparing Central Asia with Southeast Asia
4. 1. 5.1 Hendry Jurnawan: An Indonesian politician, journalist, and scholar
  2. 5.2 Mette Holm: A Danish journalist and wife of a VIP
  3. 1. 5.3.1 Pakistan-China Institute in Islamabad
    2. 5.3.2 East Asian Institute in Singapore
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1. 1. 1. 6.1.1 Brazil: From the Iberian to the American worldview
  2. 6.2 Brazilian imaginary of Confucianism
  3. 6.3 Further obstacles: institutionalized educational systems
  4. 6.4 Ruptures: from Cold War politicalization to post-Cold War de-politicalization of China watching
2. 1. 7.1 Appropriation of China as risky
  2. 1. 7.2.1 The EU and member states
    2. 7.2.2 Like-minded states’ securitization efforts
    3. 7.2.3 China’s policy reforms and securitization measures
  3. 7.3 Chinese ethnicity and Confucianism as risks in Indonesia
3. 1. 8.1 Interlocking between China and the Indo-Pacific
  2. 8.2 Human rights dialogues where China is involved
  3. 8.3 Scholars in the EU–China human rights dialogues
  4. 8.4 Socially engaged scholars and their dilemma
  5. 8.5 Transnational connections
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1. 1. 9.1 Chinese studies in Taiwan
  2. 9.2 Taiwan studies
  3. 9.3 Interlocking with the Indo-Pacific
2. 1. 10.1 Reclaiming knowledge production about global China
  2. 10.2 Cross-fertilization of China studies and Global South studies and limits
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BibliographyPages 197 - 216 Download chapter (PDF)
IndexPages 217 - 220 Download chapter (PDF)