{"id":58010,"date":"2026-05-27T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=58010"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:42:00","slug":"my-academic-story-with-china-martin-jacques-without-understanding-china-many-questions-simply-cannot-be-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=58010","title":{"rendered":"My Academic Story with China | Martin Jacques: Without understanding China, many questions simply cannot be answered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">BEIJING<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 26, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A news report from Global Times:<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntaj\"><span>\u3010<\/span><span>Martin Jacques, renowned British author and critic<\/span><span>\u3011<\/span><\/p>\n<p>China Studies implies a kind of coherent whole. This is studies about China. Because of China&#8217;s rise, because how important it is in so many sectors now, you can&#8217;t really answer a lot of questions without knowing something about China. So I think that is already a big change that&#8217;s taking place.<\/p>\n<p>And I would only encourage that because it makes the whole thing more accessible. So I think that is the way in which I see China studies moving more &#8220;hybrid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And the other aspect is, I think, until now, there have been really two centers of China Studies, geographically. One is obviously China, and the other is the West. They made a lot of running in these <span>areas. So, very few of the criticisms that you find of China flow from the Global South, because that&#8217;s completely different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So I think that changing minds is not easy as we can see.<\/span> I would say it&#8217;s a progressive thing. It takes time. The younger people probably more likely to shift. But it depends on the generation, depends on what&#8217;s happening in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">BEIJING<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 26, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A news report from Global Times:<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntaj\"><span>\u3010<\/span><span>Martin Jacques, renowned British author and critic<\/span><span>\u3011<\/span><\/p>\n<p>China Studies implies a kind of coherent whole. This is studies about China. Because of China&#8217;s rise, because how important it is in so many sectors now, you can&#8217;t really answer a lot of questions without knowing something about China. So I think that is already a big change that&#8217;s taking place.<\/p>\n<p>And I would only encourage that because it makes the whole thing more accessible. So I think that is the way in which I see China studies moving more &#8220;hybrid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And the other aspect is, I think, until now, there have been really two centers of China Studies, geographically. One is obviously China, and the other is the West. They made a lot of running in these <span>areas. So, very few of the criticisms that you find of China flow from the Global South, because that&#8217;s completely different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So I think that changing minds is not easy as we can see.<\/span> I would say it&#8217;s a progressive thing. It takes time. The younger people probably more likely to shift. 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