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International Relations Studies in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2016

Jianwei Wang
Jianwei Wang*
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University of Wisconsin-Sevens Point
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Abstract

This article traces the evolution of international relations studies as an academic discipline in China in the last two decades or so. Almost non-existent before the 1980s, IR studies has become an increasingly dynamic, sophisticated, and popular field of social science in both teaching and research. This is reflected in the growth of institutions, degree programs, scholarship and paradigmatic debate as well as interaction with the Western intellectual community in both theory and personnel. Nevertheless, the development of IR studies in China is still in its primitive stage and it must contend with various problems such as political control, a lack of well-trained scholars, inadequate funding, and ideational uncertainty.

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Journal of East Asian Studies , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 69 - 87
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Copyright © East Asia Institute 

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