Sinology
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Origin of Sinology
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In the last five years, net exports contributed 16% while consumption was less than half, according to the China-focused research firm Sinology.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Before that, he studied Sinology and journalism in Munich; Xian, China; and Taipei, Taiwan.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020
Kircher’s dozens of books — totaling some seven million words in Latin — covered optics, magnetism, geology, volcanology, medicine, archaeology, acoustics, Sinology and much, much more.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2012
Under the December 2009 agreement, Hanban donated $1 million for conferences and other programs, $1 million for two graduate fellowships, and $2 million for a Confucius Institute Professorship in Sinology.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 2, 2011
Sinology, the science treating of the language, literature, laws, and history of the Chinese.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
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