American sinologists have been particularly interested in modern China, especially its response to the challenge of the West and the question of why Japan succeeded where China failed.
美國漢學界對「近代中國」格外好奇，尤其對於帝國主義的侵略過程、在中國引起的「挑戰」與「回應」，以及日本現代化非常成功而中國卻為何失敗…… 等幾個大問題，有不斷推陳出新的探討，熱心的程度，恐怕中國人也要自嘆不如。