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Sinophile

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This article is about the cultural affinity. For the fetish, see Asianophile.
Not to be confused with cinephile.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, a 17th–18th century German polymath who made significant contributions in many areas of physics, logic, history, librarianship, and studied numerous aspects of Chinese culture

A Sinophile is a person who demonstrates a strong interest for Chinese culture, Chinese language, Chinese history, or Chinese people.[1][2]

Those with professional training and practice in the study of China are referred to as Sinologists.

Typical interests

The overall study of Chinese culture is referred to as Sinology. This could include Chinese fashion styles like Traditional cultural Han Chinese clothing (Hanfu), and Manchu-influenced Chinese clothing (qipao). Another area of Chinese culture is cuisine and liquor, such as Chinese wine culture and baijiu. Medicine, architecture, characters, language (and varieties such as Mandarin and Cantonese),are also areas of interest for Sinophiles. They also tend to be drawn towards Chinese astrology and horoscopes, as well as Feng Shui and Kung Fu. The history of China and folk religions like Daoism, Chan Buddhism, and Confucianism are also topics of Sinology, as well as the Politics of China, Chinese Communist Party, socialism with Chinese characteristics, Maoism, Dengism, Three Principles of the People, one country, two systems, the Mass Line. Chinese artwork is a topic of interest for many Sinophiles. The Chinese arts, encompass poetry, literature, music, calligraphy and cinema, as well as Chinese traditional forms of theatrical entertainment such as xiangsheng and operas.

Sinophiles

Europe

Russia

Oceania

Australia

  • Edwin Maher, New Zealand-born Australian journalist who worked as a news reader for CCTV-9 until 2017, following a long career on Australian TV[4]

North America

United States

Asia

Cambodia

India

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sino-, comb. form1". OED Online. Oxford University Press. June 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Definition of 'Sinophile'". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Alexander Lukin (2003). The Bear Watches the Dragon: Russia's Perceptions of China and the Evolution of Russian-Chinese Relations Since the Eighteenth Century. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 314–. ISBN 978-0-7656-1026-3.
  4. ^ Yang, Wanli (30 September 2017). "Edwin Maher: Former CCTV anchor sees clear skies ahead". China Daily.
  5. ^ "Allen Iverson's Red-Hot Romance With China". Hashtag Legend. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on September 2021.
  6. ^ Gonzalez, John (11 March 2020). "Where Does Allen Iverson Fit In?". The Ringer (website).
  7. ^ HENRY CHU (30 March 1999). "Expatriates' Long March Through China's History". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 2021.
  8. ^ "Marbury madness rivals Linsanity in China". Bangkok Post. March 2012.
  9. ^ Stephon Marbury discusses retiring and why he loves China, archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 21 December 2019
  10. ^ Teddy Ng (October 2012). "Xi Jinping mourns 'China's great friend' Sihanouk". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on August 2020.
  11. ^ Soutik Biswas (21 May 2013). "Why is India's Dr Kotnis revered in China?". BBC News.
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