Sinophile

{{short description|Someone with a strong interest in or love of Chinese people, culture, and history}}

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File:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Bernhard Christoph Francke.jpg, a 17th–18th century German polymath who made significant contributions in many areas of physics, logic, history, librarianship, and studied numerous aspects of Chinese culture]]

{{infobox Chinese

| t = 親華派/親華者

| showflag = p

| j = Can1 Waa4 Paai3 / Can1 Waa4 Ze2

| tl = Tshin-huâ-phài / Tshin-huâ-tsiá

| poj = Chhin-hôa-phài / Chhin-hôa-chiá

| phfs = Tshîn-fà-phai / Tshîn-fà-chá

| wuu = Chin1 Gho6 Pha5 (tɕʰin53 ɦo23 pʰʌ34)

| qn = thân Trung Quốc, thân Trung Hoa, thân Tàu

| chunom = 親中國, 親中華, 親艚

| kanji = 支那贔屓（しなひいき）、シノファイル

| romaji = Shina hīki, Shinofairu

| s = 亲华派/亲华者

| p = Qīn huá pài/Qīn huá zhě

}}

A Sinophile is a person who demonstrates fondness or strong interest in China, Chinese culture, Chinese history,{{cite web |title=Definition of 'Sinophile' |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sinophile |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Collins Dictionary}} Chinese politics,{{Cite web |title=Sinophile Definition & Meaning |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinophile |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Merriam-Webster |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Arynov |first=Zhanibek |date=2022-08-22 |title=Educated into Sinophilia? How Kazakh Graduates/Students of Chinese Universities Perceive China |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/18681026221110245 |journal=Journal of Current Chinese Affairs |language=en |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=334–353 |doi=10.1177/18681026221110245 |issn=1868-1026}} and/or Chinese people.{{Citation |title=Sinophile |work=The Free Dictionary |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Sinophile |access-date=2022-06-23}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Sino-, comb. form1 |encyclopedia=OED Online |date=June 2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/180253?redirectedFrom=sinophile |access-date=30 July 2020}}

File:Description-de-l'entree-Du-Roy-et-de-la-Reyne-Paris MG 1114.tif, a 17th-century French monarch whose Grand Trianon, spread of Chinoiserie, centennial new year bash, and Confucian translations were influenced by Chinese culture]]

Notable Sinophiles

= Europe =

== France ==

Louis XIV, a 17th-century French monarch whose Grand Trianon, spread of Chinoiserie, centennial new year bash, and Confucian translations were influenced by Chinese culture.{{Cite web|title=Emperor Kangxi and The Sun King Louis XIV|url=https://library.si.edu/donate/adopt-a-book/emperor-kangxi-and-sun-king-louis-xiv}}
Voltaire, a 17th-century French philosopher who admired Chinese culture and Confucian thought.{{Cite journal |last=Rowbotham |first=Arnold H. |date=1932 |title=Voltaire, Sinophile |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/457929 |journal=Publications of the Modern Language Association of America |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=1050–1065 |doi=10.2307/457929 |jstor=457929 |issn=0030-8129}}

== Germany ==

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, a 17th-century German polymath who loved Chinese culture and studied many aspects of it.{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Yu |date=2017-11-08 |title=The Intrigue of Paradigmatic Similarity: Leibniz and China |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol77/iss77/5/ |journal=Comparative Civilizations Review |publisher=Brigham Young University |volume=77 |issue=77 |issn=0733-4540}}

== Italy ==

Marco Polo (c. 1254-1324), Italian explorer who was one of the first Europeans to visit China and narrated about the nation in his travelogue, The Travels of Marco Polo{{cite book |last=Mackerras |first=Colin |date= 2000 |title=Sinophiles and Sinophobes: Western Views of China |trans-title=Literary anthologies of Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LXtAAAAMAAJ&q=marco+polo |language=English |location=United States |publisher= University of Michigan |isbn=9780195918922}}
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Italian Jesuit who was the first to translate the Confucian classics into Latin and taught European science to the Emperor and the Chinese literati{{Cite web|last=Brook|first=Timothy|title=Reviewed Work: The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci. by Jonathan D. Spence|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2056104|date=August 1986|jstor=2056104 }}

== Russia ==

Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist and inventor
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian writer widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists{{cite book|author=Alexander Lukin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YPAaFfUp9oC&pg=PA314|title=The Bear Watches the Dragon: Russia's Perceptions of China and the Evolution of Russian-Chinese Relations Since the Eighteenth Century|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7656-1026-3|pages=314–}}

= Oceania =

== Australia ==

Paul Keating (born 1944), Prime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996{{Cite web |last=Agence France-Presse |date=2019-11-22 |title=China wants to 'take over' Australian politics, former spy chief warns |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3038873/china-wants-take-over-australian-politics-former-spy-chief |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231228165616/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3038873/china-wants-take-over-australian-politics-former-spy-chief |archive-date=2023-12-28 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |quote=His comments are likely to stir already heated debate about Australia’s relations with China and be seen as a rebuke of vocal sinophile figures like former prime minister Paul Keating.}}{{Cite web |title=Paul Keating blasts Age and SMH for 'provocative' China war story {{!}} Paul Keating {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/07/paul-keating-blasts-age-and-smh-for-provocative-china-war-story |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=amp.theguardian.com|date=7 March 2023 }}
Kevin Rudd (born 1957), Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and in 2013.{{Cite web |date=2014-02-21 |title=Kevin Rudd goes to Harvard |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/kevin-rudd-goes-to-harvard-20140222-338el.html |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |quote=Former prime minister and noted sinophile Kevin Rudd will lead research on US-China relations at Harvard University.}}{{Cite web |last=Grubel |first=James |date=2013-06-28 |title=Australian PM Rudd urges China action on trade deal |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE95R07J/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Reuters |quote=Australia's Sinophile Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday urged China - the country's largest trading partner - to conclude a stalled free trade deal, using his first news conference since regaining power to praise the current bilateral relationship.}}{{Cite web |last=Kerin |first=John |date=2011-05-22 |title=Kevin sees where Julia was blind |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/kevin-sees-where-julia-was-blind-20110523-ieosi |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en |quote=The mandarin-speaking sinophile, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd , was clearly in his element yesterday.}} His sinophile characterisation has been disputed.{{Cite report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep04203.7 |title=The Rudd–Gillard years: promises and pitfalls for Beijing |last=Yuan |first=Jingdong |date=2014 |publisher=Australian Strategic Policy Institute |pages=13–14 |quote=...the fact that he spoke Mandarin made him highly sensitive to charges of being a Sinophile and meant that every aspect of his China policy would be subjected to microscopic examination and criticism by the opposition party. Therefore, he had to be ‘ruthlessly realist’ in dealing with China.}}{{Cite journal |last1=McCaffrie |first1=Jack |last2=Rahman |first2=Chris |date=2010 |title=AUSTRALIA'S 2009 DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: A Maritime Focus for Uncertain Times |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26397077 |journal=Naval War College Review |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=65–67 |jstor=26397077 |issn=0028-1484}}{{Cite book |last=Brophy |first=David |author-link=David Brophy (historian) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XqjODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1952 |title=China Panic |date=2021-06-01 |publisher=Black Inc. |isbn=978-1-74382-149-7 |pages=1952–1955 |language=en}}

= North America =

== United States ==

Allen Iverson (born 1975), former NBA star basketball player who has expressed affinity for the country{{Cite web|date=2017-01-02|title=Allen Iverson's Red-Hot Romance With China|url=https://hashtaglegend.com/icons/allen-iverson-china-mission-hills-philadelphia-sixers-basketball/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923054441/https://hashtaglegend.com/icons/allen-iverson-china-mission-hills-philadelphia-sixers-basketball/|archive-date=2021-09-23|website=Hashtag Legend|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=John|date=2020-03-11|title=Where Does Allen Iverson Fit In?|url=https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/3/11/21173837/allen-iverson-interview-sixers|website=The Ringer|language=en}}
Stephon Marbury (born 1977), former NBA star basketball player who joined the Beijing Ducks and has expressed affinity for the country{{Cite news|date=1 March 2012|title=Marbury madness rivals Linsanity in China|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/282376/marbury-madness-rivals-linsanity-in-china|website=Bangkok Post}}{{Citation|title=Stephon Marbury discusses retiring and why he loves China| date=11 February 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHd78VIDL7A |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/PHd78VIDL7A |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-12-21}}{{cbignore}}
James Veneris (1922-2004), US soldier who defected to China after the Korean War and remained in the country expressing positive feelings until his death in 2004{{Cite web|last=HENRY CHU|date=1999-03-30|title=Expatriates' Long March Through China's History|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-30-mn-22443-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224041942/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-30-mn-22443-story.html|archive-date=2021-02-24|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

= Asia =

== Thailand ==

Sirindhorn (born 1955), Thai princess who has received awards in China for promoting friendship between the two countries{{Cite web |last=京报网 |date=2022-02-03 |title=泰国公主诗琳通抵达北京，将出席北京冬奥会开幕式 |trans-title=Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand arrives in Beijing and will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics |url=https://www.toutiao.com/article/7060451342426309157/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230130120514/https://www.toutiao.com/article/7060451342426309157/?wid=1675080331058 |archive-date=2023-01-30 |website=Toutiao}}{{Cite web |last=Jitsiree Thongnoi |date=2019-09-22 |title=Thailand's long-time Sinophile Princess Sirindhorn to receive China's Friendship Medal |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3029681/thailands-long-time-sinophile-princess-sirindhorn-receive-chinas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230062453/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3029681/thailands-long-time-sinophile-princess-sirindhorn-receive-chinas |archive-date=2022-12-30 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}