This study aims to provide an overview and a close-up of the Chinese academic community that specialises in American Studies. The first section of the study describes the structure of the community; the second part discusses its scholarship.

This study provides an overview and a close-up of the Chinese academic community that specializes in American studies. The first section of the study describes the structure of the community, the second part discusses its scholarship. The objectives of this study are to identify where and who the Americanist's are, and to examine the images of the United States they present.