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Contemporary China Research Center Lab
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The center is a hub for collaborative research that reads contemporary China in depth, focusing on modern and contemporary Chinese history.

AboutAbout the lab
Reading contemporary China through history.
The Contemporary China Research Center was established in April 2007 as an affiliated research center in order to focus on collaborative research on contemporary China.
It also accepts faculty from the Graduate Schools of Economics, Letters, Human and Environmental Studies, Law, and others, and aims to create a place where Kyoto University researchers of contemporary China can continue to conduct collaborative research.
Key terms
- Collaborative research
- Research in which multiple researchers work together on a single theme
ResearchResearch themes
The center's activities center on research in the field of modern and contemporary Chinese history.
*Illustrative imageStudy of the History of the Chinese Communist Party
Professor Yoshihiro Ishikawa studies "Study of the History of the Chinese Communist Party."
*Illustrative imageTransaction Systems and Official–Merchant Relations in South China's Port Cities and Treaty Ports, Migration Systems, and Ethnic Chinese of Foreign Nationality
Professor Ei Murakami studies "Transaction Systems and Official–Merchant Relations in South China's Port Cities and Treaty Ports, Migration Systems, and Ethnic Chinese of Foreign Nationality."
*Illustrative imageIntellectual-Historical Study of Japan–China Exchange in Language and Media
Program-Specific Assistant Professor Qiuying Wen studies "Intellectual-Historical Study of Japan–China Exchange in Language and Media."
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYoshihiro Ishikawa
- ProfessorEi Murakami
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorQiuying Wen
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “The Bund ( )” Can Pac Swire from Toronto, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Study of the History of the Chinese Communist Party: “The First National Congress of CPC” Pyzhou / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Transaction Systems and Official–Merchant Relations in South China's Port Cities and Treaty Ports, Migration Systems, and Ethnic Chinese of Foreign Nationality: “William Daniell - The European Factories, Canton - Google Art Project” William Daniell / Public domain (cropped)
- Intellectual-Historical Study of Japan–China Exchange in Language and Media: “1884 Shenbao offices Shanghai by Wu Youru” Shenbao / Public domain (cropped)
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