The Centre for China Studies (CCS, ), formerly the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS, ), is located in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, providing interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Chinese Studies taught and examined in English for students from around the world.
History The centre was established in 2005 as the Centre for East Asian Studies.
In 2012, the centre was reorganised and renamed as the Centre for China Studies. In 2019, the centre became part of the Faculty of Arts.
In 2024, the Yale-China Chinese Language Academy (previously Yale-China Chinese Language Centre) was merged into the CCS.
Programmes offering
Undergraduate programmes Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies (Code: CHES) Since 2005/06 academic year Restructured in 2019 (when merged into the Faculty of Arts) Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Social Science in Contemporary China Studies (Code: CCSS) Transformed to BA in Chinese Studies starting from intake of 2019/20
Postgraduate programmes The centre also has the following postgraduate programmes: Master of Arts in Chinese Studies MPhil in Chinese Studies PhD in Chinese Studies
Chinese language programmes The centre offers Chinese language programmes via its Yale-China Chinese Language Academy.
Full-time faculty Below are the full-time faculty of the centre. , Director, Professor (at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature) Li Chen, Associate Director, Associate Professor, Graduate Division Head of Chinese Studies Tim Summers, Assistant Professor, Programme Director of Master of Arts in Chinese Studies Zhao Xuyi, Assistant Professor Kristof Van den Troost, Senior Lecturer, Programme Director of Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies Gao Yunwen, Lecturer William Moriarty, Lecturer Sun Lin, Lynn, Lecturer
Leadership NameYears in OfficeProfessor Hugh Baker2005-2007Professor 2008-2011Professor David Faure2011-2020Professor 2020-2023Professor 2023-present
Events The centre has been organising China Studies seminars on a regular basis.
The centre also organised and co-organised large-scale events, including: +EventDateReferenceInternational Poet in Hong Kong2011International Poetry Nights1st26-30 November 20092nd10-13 November 2011International Conference on Historical Anthropology and Twentieth Century China19-20 December 20162019 International Symposium on "Conjuring the Socialist Rural: Locality, Economy, and Imagination of Village Life in 1950s China"16-18 May 2019Policy Innovation in the Greater Bay Area: Smart Inteegration under China's "Dual Circulation" Strategy5 November 2022Lecture on "The Greater Bay Area Development and China's 'Dual Circulation' Strategy: The Perspective of National Economic Security"8 August 2023The Greater Bay Area (GBA) Asia-Europe Dialogue 202416 May 2024Graduate Seminar on Modern and Contemporary China16th: Land in China, 1900-20244-5 January 202417th: State-Business Relations in China17-18 February 2025The Greater Bay Area Policy Innovation Forum19 November 2025International Symposium on Asia-Europe Development1st: Asia in Flux: Network Power, New Regionalism, and Global Development16-18 May 20242nd: China and Asian Connectivity in the Era of Global Geo-economic Fragmentation18-20 November 2025
References
External links
BA in Chinese Studies on JUPAS website BA in Chinese Studies on CUHK admission website