Chinese scholars warned of challenge of ‘translating academic research into policy’

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A Beijing conference highlighted the difficulty of translating academic research into policy in China’s area-studies field. Speakers called for stronger understanding of other countries’ political systems, histories, and strategic priorities, and for approaches that move beyond Western frameworks.

Chinese academic courses designed to deepen understanding of different countries or regions face a challenge in better informing policy and moving beyond frameworks developed in the West, a conference in Beijing has heard. Speakers said that as the country’s international engagement deepened, it needed a better understanding of the nations it engaged with, including their political systems, histories and strategic priorities. The discipline – known in China as “area studies” – draws on...