East Asian new techno-humanities report

Overall, the development of digital humanities (DH) in Asia is slower than that in Europe and North America, while within East Asia, specifically China, Japan, and South Korea, there are differences in DH's acceptance and progress. This paper reviews the history and current situation of DH in China, Japan, and South Korea. In comparison to Japan and South Korea, the paper also analyzes the characteristics, problems, and possible causes of the problems presented by Chinese DH. Such a retrospective process demonstrates not only the integration and cooperation between humanities and technology, but also the transformation of humanities in the perspective of new technologies. The transformation, whether active or passive, has led many Chinese humanities scholars to worry and reflect, which is one of the focuses of this paper.