"Our biggest problem now is not thought," says Ivanov, who has been unable to find research students for two years. With the worsening economic situation and inroads of market thinking, China studies is left somewhat out in the cold.
「我們現在比較大的不是思想問題」，兩年找不到研究生的伊凡諾夫說，經濟情況每下愈況與市場觀念的引進，令漢學研究窘態頻出。