在社会科学众多研究领域中,很少有一门学科像美国的当代中国研究一样,在很大程度上是为了满足美国政府对华政策的需要而建立和发展起来的。美国的当代中国研究从20世纪50年代建立之时开始,就是以服务于美国政府的政策需要为目的的。“中国研究”或“中国学”是美国在国家总体战略支配下的“地区性研究” Few subjects in the social sciences, like the contemporary Chinese studies in the United States, are largely established and developed to meet the U.S. government’s policy toward China. Since the founding of the contemporary Chinese studies in the United States from the 1950s, the United States aimed at serving the policy needs of the U.S. government. “China Studies” or “China Studies” are the “regional studies” of the United States under the overall national strategic control.