在澳洲,“中国问题研究”(Chinese Studies)这个词的涵义很广,包括对汉语的学习和研究以及对中国社会、经济、历史、政治、文化等各方面问题的研究,后者即我们国内所说的“汉学”。所涉及的问题从中小学教学到研究所的理论研究,有很多的层次。澳大利亚的中国问题研究开始于本世纪中叶。但是由于其时中国没有对外开放,中澳之间也没有建立外交关系,澳洲人对中国的研究也就局限在一个很小的范围内。这方面的研究人士比较孤独,经济拮据,只有一些“献身”于这一领域的人才能坚持下来。80年代,政府的政策偏向亚洲国家,一些有识之士开始提出将澳大利亚 In Australia, the term “Chinese Studies” has a wide range of meanings, including study and study of Chinese language as well as research on various aspects of social, economic, historical, political and cultural issues in China, namely, the latter What we call “Chinese learning” in our country. The problems involved from the teaching of primary and secondary schools to the Institute of theoretical research, there are many levels. Australia's study of China started in the middle of this century. However, since China did not open to the outside world at that time, neither China nor Australia established diplomatic relations and the study of Australians in China was limited to a very small area. Researchers in this area are relatively lonely and economically constrained, and only some people who “devote themselves” to this field can persevere. In the 1980s, government policies favor Asian countries and some people of insight began to propose that Australia