Denghua Zhang
The Australian National University, Acton, Australia
Keywords: China, Pacific island countries, Pacific studies, policy-research, diplomacy
China has substantially increased its engagement with Pacific island countries since 2006, driving heightened geostrategic competition between traditional powers and China in the region. Research on Pacific island countries by Chinese scholars has grown rapidly in recent years, but this development and its relationship with policy needs are little known outside China. By analysing the 129 journal articles published by Chinese scholars on Pacific studies between 2006 and 2019, with supporting interviews, this research aims to expand the debate on the policy-research nexus, especially in the Chinese context, by introducing Pacific studies in China. It argues that official policy needs have largely shaped Pacific studies in China; and that researchers who seek to influence policy-making tend to find the process slow and indirect. This research will also improve our understanding of Chinese scholars’ intellectual support of China’s Pacific diplomacy on certain topics.
政策–研究纽带：以中国的太平洋研究为例
关键词：中国；太平洋岛国；太平洋研究； 政策-研究； 外交。
2006年开始，中国极大增强了与太平洋岛国之间的联系，促使传统大国和中国加剧了在此地区的地缘战略竞争。中国学者对太平洋岛国的研究近年来迅猛增长，但是这一发展及其与政策需求之间的关系在中国之外却鲜为人知。通过对中国学者在2006至2019年期间就太平洋研究所发表的129篇学术文章以及支持性的访谈的分析，本研究意图通过介绍中国的太平洋研究，拓展关于政策-研究的纽带问题， 特别是对其在中国语境中的讨论。本文提出，官方的政策需要极大地塑造了中国的太平洋研究，而那些寻求影响决策的研究者倾向于发现他们的影响缓慢并且间接。本研究会增进我们对中国学者如何在中国太平洋外交的某些议题上给予智识支撑的理解。
Translated from English by Li Guo