There are two contrasting value orientations in the field of China studies：universalism and particularism. According to Max Weber and Jürgen Habermas，the choice of value is，under certain conditions and to a certain extent，liable to be criticized，challenged，and examined. It is possible to establish some consensus about values by means of communicative rationality. In terms of its value orientation，China studies can be regarded as a range of rational communicative acts between different cultures. Thus，the value basis of China studies should be found on some kind of universal value consensus that can only be achieved by way of the mutual understanding between diverse value orientations of different social cultures.