On Gerald Segal’s Chinese Studies

Gerald Siegel talent as an outstanding one in all of the China Study scholars, in his short lifeleft a great academic achievements. His main research areas focus on the study of80-90-s China.That is the most important transitional period in the history of China. This makes the Siegel worthstudying content is very rich. Siegel’s "Chinese studies", which is very wide, stereoscopicpanoramic view and discusses the China of80-90-s, on domestic policy, economic reform,national defense modernization, the international strategy and so on various aspects of thedevelopment and changes. In these aspects, Siegel key research focuses in the80s, China’sdiplomatic strategy and defense reform, China was described in detail how to deal with therelations with the superpower, how between neighboring countries, and how to set up their owndiplomatic on long distance. He from China’s national defense equipment modernization, the armyinternal structure adjustment and strategic level analyzes the prospect of China’s defensemodernization, in addition, according to China’s reform and opening up, he also did some study.With these high quality researches, Segal created a unique system of "Chinese studies".In my paper, the body structure is divided into the following chapters.The first chapter, mainly elaborated Siegel’s life, briefly discusses the British study theoverall development of China, and the academic experience of Siegel simple evaluation andsummarized; Including his personal situation when engaged in the study of China, and the Britishlearning ethos research and trends in China. In1979, after he received a doctor’s degree, Siegel,formally began his academic career, with the deepening of his research, constantly produce results,his Chinese Studies formed gradually.The second chapter mainly studies Siegel study of China, including his research contents andresearch results; From China and the Soviet Union’s diplomatic deduction, the United States andthe Soviet Union, the Triangle Relationship and China’s national defense military structure,party-military relations, military and diplomatic, and all kinds of crises and challenges facingChina in the90s, Siegel research scope includes basic China’s political, economic, military,diplomatic and other fields, can be said to be the research question is quite comprehensivescholars in China.The third chapter discusses Siegel error, his bias in the study of Chinese Studies, and thereasons for these mistakes. Including hostile to China, to the understanding of the China’s foreignpolicy has been, and the judgment deviation to the future of China. All this error, at the end of theday, and on the background of the cold war, but Siegel person incomplete understanding of Chinaand the concept of "Chinese" are the fundamental question.