Research on the Chinese language (by which term this entry refers to the totality of the geographical and historical varieties of the language of the Hàn 漢 ethnic majority of China) in the Eastern half of Europe looks back at some two hundred years of scholarship. It has two major traditions, linked to the two political and cultural superpowers of the region in this period: Germany and Russia – treated in separate entries. Additionally, significant work has been going on since the middle of the …