Young American China Watchers＇ Views on China.pdfVIP

Zhang Zhin ung American China Watchers’ Views on ChitVle hma Zhang Zhixin Abstracts：In this paper,the author has made a thorough stu over the flew generation of American China Watchers．Most of the pages are devoted to a detailed comparison between the old generation and the young generation of American China Watchers regarding to their backg round,education，and views over China．At the end of the paper,the author also gives some policy suggestions for both the Chinese and U．S． government based on the findings in this study． ing with FranZ Michael，John K．Fairbank，and A．Doak Barne tt，the American China watchers have encompassed four generations． With the coming of the new century they have vastly increased in number,as well as in the variety of their research fields．and they are now actively participating in the China policy debate in the U．S．How this generation of China watchers looks at China and how their opinions will influence the US government’S policy towards China deserves a comprehensive and in—depth analysis． Research and publications on this generation of China watchers’ views on China are quite limited．In China Professor Yuan Peng categorized them into four generations and summarized that since the 1990s，American China watchers have regarded China Studies as a profession rather than a career,and are displaying attitudes towards the Zhang Zhixin iS Assistant Research Professor of the Institute of American Studies． CICIR． The oldest generation of China watchers includes Franz Michael，A． Doak Barnett． Bob Scalapino，John Fairbank，Benjamin Schwartz，Allen Whiting，and Lucian Pye． etc．followed by Richard H．Solomon，Susan Shirk，Richard Baum． Michel Oksenberg，Andy Nathan and June Dreyer,etc．：then David M．Lampton．Harry Harding，Jonathan Pollack and Michael Swaine；the fourth g