The Soviet Influence on China's Worldview

Abstract

During the 1980s international studies in the People's Republic of China enjoyed a genuine renaissance, if not a birth.' In part this was related to the resurrection of political science as an academic discipline,2 but international studies have also developed their own identities in a series of disciplines. Today most of the sub-fields of international studies enjoy separate identities on Chinese campuses and in research institutes.3 Analytically, international studies in China reflect a myriad of influences. The Chinese Weltanschuuang is quite eclectic. But no