1) Arts 2) Humanistic discipline 3) Humanities 4) Liberal arts 5) Study of China 
Sinology is the academic study of China primarily through Chinese language, literature, and history, and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin `may be traced to the examination which Chinese scholars made of their own civilization.` The field of sinology was historically seen to be equivalent to in the application of philology to China.....
study of China
• (n.) That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.
Si·nol'o·gy noun [ Confer French sinologie .] That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc. 
[n] - the study of Chinese history and language and culture
noun the study of Chinese history and language and culture