ABSTRACT
Editors'Introduction:Thisbriefessayisaconcisestatementof Yan'sidealsfordoingresearchinspiteoftheobstaclesfacing thedevelopmentofpoliticalscienceinChina.Y ancriticizes "somepeople,"probablyreferringtothelikesofCCPideologistsHuQiaomuandDengLiqun,whowishtomakeita''politicalquestion"tostudypoliticalphenomenainChina(thereby excludingpoliticsfromlegitimateintellectualinquiryandcontention).YanwantstofreecontemporaryChinesepoliticalsciencefromtheshacklesofdogmaticMarxisttheoryandopenup allquestionsofpoliticstoinvestigation.Noquestionhasbeen definitivelyanswered,thereisnosubjectthatcannotprofitfrom furtherexamination,heargues.
