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The study of Chinese history outside of China has grown remarkably since the 1960s and is certainly one of the liveliest fields of history today. As China has become more important in the world, the number of colleges and universities that want Chinese history to be taught has grown steadily. There are today hundreds of institutions outside China with a historian of China on their faculty. The goal of this new Journal of Chinese History is to serve the needs of these historians and thus help to advance Chinese history as a field of scholarship. Busy professional lives make it very difficult for Chinese historians to keep with all the periodicals that focus on a single period or field of research. In a sea of specialized journals, the Journal of Chinese History stands out for its commitment to breadth: it features cutting-edge research and thoughtful commentary on a wide range of topics drawing from all periods of Chinese history, from ancient times to the twentieth century.
We see three primary missions for this new journal: to tempt historians of China to read outside their field and period of research; to help them...