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Chinese and Arab Studies

ISSN: 2747-7460

Editors-in-chief: Xue Qingguo, Masoud Daher

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OBJECTIVE

China and Arab countries have a history of friendly exchanges for more than two thousand years. The ancient Silk Road linked the two civilizations together and made important contributions to the development of human civilization. At present, the world is undergoing unprecedented changes, and both China and Arab countries are facing the common task of maintaining peace and achieving development. Therefore, whether from a historical perspective or a realistic perspective, China and Arab countries have many academic topics worth studying.

There are a wealth of specialized journals on Middle East issues and Chinese Studies now. However, academic journals discussing exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and Arab civilizations are still blank. Chinese and Arab Studies (CAAS) which established by Beijing Foreign Studies University, aims to change the current situation of weak direct academic exchanges between China and Arab World, build a dialogue platform for both sides on academic topics of mutual concern, as well as promote the development of Arab studies in China and Chinese studies in Arab countries. The journal mainly focuses on topics that discuss the development of relations between China and Arab countries from the perspective of civilization, culture, and thought.　

The language of this journal is Arabic, but the target group of this publication is not only scholars from Arab countries, but also scholars from all over the world who can use Arabic to conduct Middle Eastern studies, Chinese studies, and China-Arab relations studies.　

CAAS publishes articles in the following categories:

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Research Articles
Book Reviews

Submission might include, but are not limited to the following fields:

Cultural exchanges and Intercultural communication between China and Arab countries
Mutual learning of ideas between China and Arab countries
Ways of thinking and Image shaping between China and Arab countries
International relations between China and Arab countries
Arab studies in China and Chinese studies in Arab countries.

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Volume 2 Issue 2

December 2022

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Studies on Arabic Literature by Chinese Scholars: From Edge of China to the Center of Arab

Fengmin Lin

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Chinese scholars just began to study Arabic literature since Reform and Opening-up of China in 1979, though Arabic language began to be taught in Peking University since 1951. Chinese scholars’ studies on Arabic literature studies at that time were at the edge of studies of world literature. Articles on Arabic literature just issued on Arab World. It was still difficult for professors of Arabic literature to issue their articles at the journals such as Foreign Literature Review, Literature Abroad, Foreign Literature Studies, Foreign Literature and Contemporary Foreign Literature in 1980s. These journals preferred to issue papers on western literature and Russian literature during that period. In recent years, studies on Arabic literature developed rapidly in China. The Chinese intellectuals do not study on ancient Arabic literature only, but study on modern and contemporary Arabic literature also. They published books on Arabic literature such as On Arabian Nights: Mythology and Reality , Singing for Love: A Study on Kuwait Poetess Souad al-Sabah , Sufism in Modern Arabic Literature , Modern Arabic Literature During the Cultural Changes , Arabic Poetry in the Context of Globalization: A Study on Egyptian Poet Farouk Guweidah, and Comparative Study of Chinese and Arabic Literature. They also wrote histories of Arabic literature, for example, History of Arabic Literature, History of Modern Arabic Literature and General History of Arabic Literature are available in Chinese book market in these years. Professor Zhong Jikun won Appreciation Award of Egypt Ministry of Higher Education in 2005, won Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s Cultural Personality of the Year in 2011 and in the same year won King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Translation. These prizes and awards show us that studies on Arabic literature have moved from the edge of China to the center of Arab world.

Open Access May 17, 2023

China in Arabic Novels

Nabil Suleiman

Page range: 117-127

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This research attempts to study China’s image in contemporary Arabic novels through four modal novels: The Queen Kisses the Dragon Over its Mouth by Amin Zaoui from Algeria, The Fleet of the Sun by Ali Al-Hajri from Qatar, Trilogy of Beidaihe and Spring and Autumn by Hanna Mina from Syria. The researcher seeks to answer the following questions. How was China represented in these novels as others? And how did these novels represent the self? Also, how did these novels delineate the relationships between self and others, from the perspectives of individuals and societies, culturally, politically, and economically? How is the aesthetics of these novels established?

Open Access May 17, 2023

Breaking out of the “Margins”: A Study of Female Characters in Sunset Oasis

Zimu Niu, Keni Wang

Page range: 128-139

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Sunset Oasis (2007), the winner of the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2008, remains one of the most important and intricate works by Egyptian writer Bahaa Taher. Based on true historical events, the novel introduces female characters from varied nations and social classes. In spite of their differences, we find these women confined in the “margins” of patriarchal societies portrayed in the novel. This paper intends to shed new light on the circumstances of women imprisoned in the “margins” and on how they struggle against such marginalization. Indeed, women as individuals are unable to confront structural oppression and systematic inequality, as they question and reject the “discipline and punishment” of Patriarchy, and thus display an awareness the readers would applaud as ahead of their time. Hence, their seemingly fruitless endeavor is a glorious defeat.

Open Access May 17, 2023

Why Did the Arabs Not Translate Chinese Thought in Their Golden Age?

Bilal Al Hadi

Page range: 140-150

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This research deals with the image of China in the cultural heritage of the Arabs, especially in the writings of famous Arab authors such as Said al-Andalusi, Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi, Ibn al-Muqaffa’, Al-Jahiz, Ibn al-Nadim and others. It was found that these writings did not mention Chinese thought, and the absence of Chinese thought can be seen as a black hole in the Arab heritage, despite the richness and depth of ancient Chinese thought. The researcher believed that the ancient Arabs did not know Chinese thought, nor did they learn about it through the Chinese language directly, so they concluded that it “did not exist”, and this imaginary non-existence contributed to this deep black hole. However, the situation has changed since the 21 st century, when we find increasing direct exposure to Chinese culture, thanks to the increase in cultural exchanges between China and the Arab world, and the steady growth in all fields in Sino-Arab relations.

Open Access May 17, 2023

The Sparkling Flower of Poetry on the Realism of Cruelty: A Chinese Reading in the Pluralism of Palestinian Identity in the Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

Jun Tang

Page range: 151-161

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Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) is regarded as the Palestinian national poet, and the leader of Palestinian resistance poetry. The Chinese version of his poetry collection A Lover From Palestine was published in 2016, then republished in 2020. In the eyes of Chinese researchers and admirers of poetry and Arabic literature in China, Mahmoud Darwish has long been aware of the Palestinian identity crisis under the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and endeavored, through his abundant works, to implement a dynamic poetic construction of the Palestinian national cultural identity, in order to unite, to maintain, and to expand Palestinian national identity on one hand, and to document and inherit Palestinian cultural legacy on the other hand. This paper, based on Darwish’s work, tries to explore the poet’s considerations of Palestinian national identity crisis, and his faith of the poetry’s indispensable role to build up the national cultural identity from three aspects: his awareness of the identity crisis, his poetic construction of a multiidentity, and his strategy of defending it. Thus the poet made a great effort to document, defend and expand the Palestinian authentic, multidimensional identity in his immortal work.

Open Access May 17, 2023

The Nature of Social Humanistic Thought in Ancient China

Omar Abdul Hay

Page range: 162-172

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Geographical reality and diverse historical conditions left a significant impact on Chinese agricultural life since its beginning and throughout its later stages of growth. In light of it, intellectual structures were formed in ancient China over many centuries. Led by Confucianism and Daoism, various schools of ancient Chinese thoughts succeeded in forming intellectual foundations in social, humanistic and political dimensions. These thoughts came to express the achievements of Chinese humanistic development, which adheres to the customs, traditions, and virtuous family and community moral principles. Their effects are still evident today in modern Chinese humanistic thought.

Open Access May 17, 2023

The New Evolution of China’s Diplomacy with Arab States Under the Background of the Sino- U.S. Competition: Trends and Prospects

Jie Chen

Page range: 173-185

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The interaction between China and Arab countries has a long history. After entering the 21 st century, China-Arab relations have ushered in many important stages. In July 2018, the two sides agreed to establish a strategic partnership, which has become a new historical beginning for China-Arab friendly cooperation. At the same time, Sino-US relations plummeted. The United States changed its strategic positioning towards China, strengthened its containment of China, and opened the era of Sino-U.S. strategic competition. Therefore, China-Arab relations will be in an important field of strategic competition between China and the United States, which will become an important variable affecting the development of China-Arab relations. Starting from the internal and external factors affecting China-Arab relations, this paper intends to further analyze the changes in China’s diplomatic style of becoming more active in participating in Arab affairs and diversifying the fields and modes of exchange between the two sides under the current background of great power competition, then clarify the unity of stage and long-term, response and initiative, context and totality, and theory and practice embodied in such changes. At present, China must not only recognize the strategic significance of Arab countries, but also correctly understand the strategic contraction of the United States in the Middle East, and further consolidate China-Arab relations, expand the increment of cooperation, and pay attention to each other’s core interests by strengthening the frequency of diplomacy between heads of state, strengthening the use of multilateral mechanisms, strengthening the docking of development strategies, strengthening the supply of public goods, and strengthening exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.

Open Access May 17, 2023

The Arab-China Communication: From the Silk Road to the Dialogue of Philosophy

Taha Jazza

Page range: 186-196

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The Arab-China relations go back to the second century BC. The Silk Road was the most important link that enabled the early Arabs to get to know China far from their own countries. In the modern era, a new dialogue began between the Arabs and Chinese, especially after China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, which was the official announcement of the establishment of a new Silk Road linking China with the Arab world and the rest of the world. This was preceded by exchanged intellectual, cultural, literary and philosophical dialogues, translations and seminars between Arab and Chinese intellectuals and academics based on a new understanding of Chinese philosophies such as Daoism and Confucianism, as well as the work of Chinese Muslim translators to translate Qur’an, jurisprudential books, interpretations, poems and Islamic writings from Arabic into Chinese, which paved the way for a continuous dialogue and an ongoing and open-to-the-future encounter between the two cultures.

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Editorial

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Xue Qingguo, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Masoud Daher, Lebanese University

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Liu Xinlu, Beijing Foreign Studies University

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Wu Minyan, Beijing Foreign Studies University
You Mei, Beijing Foreign Studies University

EDITORIAL BOARD
Chen Jie, Professor of Sun Yat-sen University, China
Fathallah Oualalou, Economist, Former Finance and Economy Minister of Morocco, Morocco
Firas Al-Sawah, Writer and Researcher in Ancient Mythology and Religion of the Middle East and China, Syria
Fu Zhiming, Professor of Peking University, China
Hou Yuxiang, Associate Professor of Beijing International Studies University, China
Huang Hui, Associate Professor of University of International Business and Economics, China
Jehad Abu Hashish, Writer, President of Fadaat Publishing House, Jordan
Jin Zhongjie, Professor of Ningxia University
Liu Xinlu, Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Luo Lin, Professor of Beijing Language and Culture University
Masoud Daher, Professor of Lebanese University University, Lebanon
Ma Xiaolin, Professor of Zhejiang International Studies University
Muhsin Farjani, Professor and Translator of Chinese Philosophy and Literature of Ain Shams University, Egypt
Samer Khair Ahmad, Writer and Reseacher in China-Arab Relations, Jordan
Wang Youyong, Professor of Shanghai International Studies University, China
Wu Minyan, Associate Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Xue Qingguo, Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Yahya Mahmud Bin Junayd, President of Center for Research and Intercommunication Knowledge, Saudi Arabia
You Mei, Associate Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

Contact the Editorial Office under: youmei@bfsu.edu.cn

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Type: Journal
Languages: English, Arabic
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: June 20, 2021
Publication Frequency: 2 Issues per Year

Chinese and Arab Studies

Titelei

Contents

Studies on Arabic Literature by Chinese Scholars: From Edge of China to the Center of Arab

Abstract

China in Arabic Novels

Abstract

Breaking out of the “Margins”: A Study of Female Characters in Sunset Oasis

Abstract

Why Did the Arabs Not Translate Chinese Thought in Their Golden Age?

Abstract

The Sparkling Flower of Poetry on the Realism of Cruelty: A Chinese Reading in the Pluralism of Palestinian Identity in the Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

Abstract

The Nature of Social Humanistic Thought in Ancient China

Abstract

The New Evolution of China’s Diplomacy with Arab States Under the Background of the Sino- U.S. Competition: Trends and Prospects

Abstract

The Arab-China Communication: From the Silk Road to the Dialogue of Philosophy

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