"I hope… that we are making China more interesting and less exotic to our Euro..." - they will have to become more familiar with Chinese history on a serious level in order to carry on their work in European history effectively.

I hope… that we are making China more interesting and less exotic to our Europeanist colleagues. Soon it may no longer suffice for historians of Europe to make mere polite bows in the direction of China

— they will have to become more familiar with Chinese history on a serious level in order to carry on their work in European history effectively.

Paul A. Cohen Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past

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“I hope that we are making China more interesting and less exotic to our Europeanist colleagues. Soon it may no longer suffice for historians of Europe to make mere polite bows in the direction of C...”

— they will have to become more familiar with Chinese history on a serious level in order to carry on their work in European history effectively.

Paul A. Cohen Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past