Yanjie BIAN
The discipline of sociology emerged in China in the early twentieth century, but was officially banned from classroom instruction and scholarly research shortly after 1949. In the post-Mao era the Chinese government recognized sociology for its role in China’s modernization and globalization, and it has re-emerged as a respected field of study over the past thirty years.
Sociology is known in Chinese as “the study of society” (she hui xue 社会学). Being introduced into China from
