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Chinese Studies is an international journal about China and Chinese civilization. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for social scientists and academicians all over the world to promote scholarship on China and China-related topics. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigoro…
Chenjian Wang, Yuansuo Zhang, Na Cui
Poverty is a global problem, and in order to eliminate it, China has enacted a variety of policies, and the cause of poverty alleviation and reduction has achieved world-renowned success. At the same time, China’s language poverty alleviation endeavour has al…
Fangju Jiang, Baoshi Tang, Weitao Li, Jinmei Hu
At the beginning of the 21st century, in order to improve the degree of urban civilization, improve the environment, and life quality; the Chinese government launched the civilized city campaign in 1999, which is the highest honorary title. What are the drivi…
Jun Zhang, Xiaoxin Hu
With the support of the “going out” strategy of Chinese culture and the “Belt and Road” Initiative, Chinese culture is moving towards the world along the Silk Road. Buddhist thought and culture constitute an important part of Chinese c…
Yuanyuan Shi
The study focuses on how COVID-19 has affected the research productivity and degree completion of graduate students in China. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 2298 Chinese graduate students to gauge their perception of COVID-19’s impact on thei…
Zhangbao Yu, Anas Elochukwu, Jiawen Zhang, Le Zhang
China entered the 21st century as a major power. Its new status is the major reason for the exponential increase in the number of foreigners learning Chinese, its only official language. To meet the demand for the language, it has initiated different programs…
Sun Qian
The educational disciplinary measures stipulated in the Disciplinary rules of primary and secondary education are similar to those stipulated in the Law on the prevention of juvenile delinquency in terms of school management, correction by public security org…
Xiaolei Ruan, Chen Zhao
With the aim of investigating China’s image in relation to a sporting event, this study employs media frames as a technique of analysis to investigate how the Chinese media covered the Hangzhou Asian Games. Based on corpus analysis and content analysis,…
Li Jiang
A nation will prosper only when its young people thrive. The Chinese youth in the new era serve as a powerful force for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. To achieve the full potential of this group, it is essential to conduct in-depth research on youth…
Jing He
The structure of judicial power is an inevitable issue that a country’s judicial system must face, with the allocation and operation of judicial power as the core. Under the vertical power structure, the allocation of judicial power in Chinese people’s courts…
Baijia Ding
The Legend of Zhen Huan, the pinnacle of Chinese costume dramas, is still enduring after a decade. It has received unanimous praise from Chinese audiences since its release. Before its release in the United States, the Legend of Zhen Huan team first got it to…
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Chinese Studies is an international journal about China and Chinese civilization. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for social scientists and academicians all over the world to promote scholarship on China and China-related topics. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigoro… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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