Centre for China Studies
The Centre for China Studies, formerly the Centre for East Asian Studies, is located in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, providing interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Chinese Studies taught and examined in English for students from around the world.
History
The centre was established in 2005 as the Centre for East Asian Studies.In 2012, the centre was reorganised and renamed as the Centre for China Studies. In 2019, the centre became part of the Faculty of Arts.
In 2024, the Yale-China Chinese Language Academy was merged into the CCS.
Programmes offering
Undergraduate programmes
- Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies
- * Since 2005/06 academic year
- * Restructured in 2019
- Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Social Science in Contemporary China Studies
- * Transformed to BA in Chinese Studies starting from intake of 2019/20
Postgraduate programmes
The centre also has the following postgraduate programmes:- Master of Arts in Chinese Studies
- MPhil in Chinese Studies
- PhD in Chinese Studies
Chinese language programmes
The centre offers Chinese language programmes via its Yale-China Chinese Language Academy.Full-time faculty
Below are the full-time faculty of the centre.- , Director, Professor
- Li Chen, Associate Director, Associate Professor, Graduate Division Head of Chinese Studies
- Tim Summers, Assistant Professor, Programme Director of Master of Arts in Chinese Studies
- Zhao Xuyi, Assistant Professor
- Lin Zhenru, Jacqueline, Research Assistant Professor
- Kristof Van den Troost, Senior Lecturer, Programme Director of Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies
- Gao Yunwen, Lecturer
- William Moriarty, Lecturer
- Sun Lin, Lynn, Lecturer
Events
The centre has been organising China Studies seminars on a regular basis.The centre also organised and co-organised large-scale events, including:
- International Poet in Hong Kong
- International Poetry Nights
| Date | Reference | |
| 1st | 26-30 November 2009 | |
| 2nd | 10-13 November 2011 |
- International Conference on Historical Anthropology and Twentieth Century China
- 2019 International Symposium on "Conjuring the Socialist Rural: Locality, Economy, and Imagination of Village Life in 1950s China"
- Policy Innovation in the Greater Bay Area: Smart Inteegration under China's "Dual Circulation" Strategy
- Lecture on 'The Greater Bay Area Development and China's "Dual Circulation" Strategy: The Perspective of National Economic Security'
- The Greater Bay Area Asia-Europe Dialogue 2024
- Graduate Seminar on Modern and Contemporary China
| Theme | Date | Reference | |
| 16th | Land in China, 1900-2024 | 4-5 January 2024 | |
| 17th | State-Business Relations in China | 17-18 February 2025 |
- The Greater Bay Area Policy Innovation Forum
- International Symposium on Asia-Europe Development
| Topic | Date | Reference | |
| 1st | Asia in Flux: Network Power, New Regionalism, and Global Development | 16-18 May 2024 | |
| 2nd | China and Asian Connectivity in the Era of Global Geo-economic Fragmentation | 18-20 November 2025 |