Scholarly communication at the present stage of development: The example of the journal “Far Eastern Studies” in coverage of the Chinese issues (1972–2022)

Abstract

The article discusses the history of the journal “Far Eastern Studies” as a leading academic publication created to cover the problems of modern China. Each stage of formation and development of the journal is characterized in detail, as well as the influence on scientific communication of changes in the Soviet-Chinese and Russian-Chinese relations. Difficulties of both objective and subjective nature, which Russian sinologists are faced with at the present stage – related to the digitalization of work and current foreign policy problems– are outlined and possible ways of their solution are indicated.