China Studies

Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is the academic discipline of studying China, including Chinese culture, Chinese history, and the Chinese language. It is a subfield of East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on any topic relating to China. It focuses on the study of the Chinese civilization primarily through linguistics, history, culture, literature, philosophy, art, music, cinema, and science. Its origin "may be traced to the examination which Chinese scholars made of their own civilization."