In Search of Modern China: The Development of China Studies in East and West Germany during the Cold War Era

Author(s)

Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik

Abstract

The article introduces the external conditions of the devlopment of China Studies in East and West Germany during the Cold War era. It relates the external, geo-political setting of the two Germanies to the historical legacy of the field of Sinology and explains the rules of the game for the development of the field after WW II.

Organisation(s)

Department of East Asian Studies

No. of pages

20

Publication date

2021

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

605001 History of humanities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities(all)

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/in-search-of-modern-china-the-development-of-china-studies-in-east-and-west-germany-during-the-cold-war-era(80c0bd4e-e998-4e0d-82f9-b79d8cc4e8e5).html