As a preliminary investigation and an intellectual reflection of the state of
the field of Chinese domestic political study conducted in the Chinese language in
mainland China, this paper deals with a threefold task.
The paper, thirdly, suggests the so-called “open-minded independence of
scholarship” with the emphases on academic autonomy and institutionalized
professionalism as what the most needed for developing the study of Chinese
politics in the Sinophonic world.
1.Underdevelopment of the Study of Chinese Politics in Contemporary China
2.The Politics that Requires “Study” but Refuses Scrutiny
3.Struggling for Intellectual Autonomy: Indigenization and Professionalization