Open AccessWhat Use is Chinese Studies in a Pandemic?
Author(s) -
Chi Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of chinese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2048-0601
DOI - 10.51661/bjocs.v10i0.81
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , test (biology) , history , psychology , political science , medicine , virology , biology , disease , paleontology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The ongoing, highly politicised COVID-19 puts Chinese studies to the test. Compared to hard sciences, Chinese studies seems to have lost its shine in search of an immediate cure. However, I argue that it is precisely in situations like this that Chinese studies should be reinvigorated for a number of reasons.
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