China Studies in the Philippines

<p>As China Studies has grown as a discipline it has also tended to be dominated by the major international powers particularly China itself and the USA. It is important to remember however that there is a rich and diverse history of China Studies elsewhere especially in Southeast Asia. The Philippines is one such country. China studies experts from the Philippines encompass a broad spectrum of individuals including activists and social workers as well as university experts think tank analysts diplomats and journalists and thus contribute a valuable new perspective. </p><p>This book seeks to therefore provide a deeper understanding of the Philippine approach to China revealing the unique and complex connections between China Studies ethnic studies and policy studies. It highlights that the Philippines as an epistemological site complicates China as a category and Sinology as an academic agenda. Thus the community can embrace nuances in research as well as in life to enable reconsideration and reconciliation of binaries. Furthermore demonstrating how scholarship is a practice of life and not merely a neutral process of observation and presentation it challenges Sinologists elsewhere to see that understanding Sinologists is key to comprehending both their scholarship and China itself. As such this book will be useful to students and scholars of Southeast Asian Studies and Chinese Studies as well as anthropology and sociology more generally.</p>