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Ethics in Social Science Research on China

Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: esearch ethics is an underdiscussed topic in Chinese studies that has only recently attracted more attention due to increasing geopolitical tensions and the concomitant anxieties about China's shifting global role.In this essay, I aim to reflect on often-overlooked aspects of research ethics in the study of contemporary China and consider the implications for the field going forward.My comments proceed in three steps, discussing professional, personal, and political ethics.This is a simple heuristic distinction and does not define clearly separated fields as, in practice, these dimensions overlap and interact in complex ways.Thus, my main argument is that, as with many other questions of empirical research, when considering research ethics, we are
Language: English
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4289516551
FWCI: 0.718
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