An unplanned journey: Contingent events and the study of China
China Information: A Journal on Contemporary China Studies
Published online on September 17, 2025
Abstract
China Information, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 130-142, July 2026.
Contingent events shaped my career in China studies. As the field expanded, scholars took up jobs in the academic disciplines, which led away from ‘area studies’ to more specialized work. When China opened to the West, students encountered China less as a ...
Contingent events shaped my career in China studies. As the field expanded, scholars took up jobs in the academic disciplines, which led away from ‘area studies’ to more specialized work. When China opened to the West, students encountered China less as a ...