【正确答案】正确答案： Can Academic Studies Be Truly Apolitical? In the pursuit of academic freedom, scientists have been attempting to separate their studies from politics. However, regardless of the freedom tendency in the academic field, many academic studies have always been in deep association with politics. At the same time, some scientists, who, in defence of the indignity of science, always condemn those studies as pseudoscience, have been involved in the great controversy over academic studies and politics. Considering all those mentioned above, the question whether academic studies can be truly apolitical surely deserves our discussion. On the one hand, it is undeniable that academic studies, home or abroad, were, are and will be carried out under certain social backgrounds, which means they can by no means break away from the bound of the existent political institutions. Academic studies following the political trend will flourish under the support of the political system. For instance, the study of Soviet Union experienced a climax during certain period of Chinese history for our close political relationship with them at that time. On the contrary, academic studies will be greatly restrained, prevented or even destroyed if going the opposite direction of the politics, which can be explained by the disappearance of academic studies on Soviet Union after breaking apart with that country. In light of the above-listed , it can be concluded that politics exerts great and inevitable influences on academic studies; therefore, it is theoretically impossible for academic studies to be truly apolitical. On the other hand, as the philosophical principle suggests, " things are all linked with each other". If we say politics determines the academic studies, then we can also say academic studies influence the maintenance, alternation and development of political system. Specifically speaking, studies on science and technology often contribute to the advancement of society, and studies on humanities always help to produce the surge of new thoughts, which then will generate the power of political revolution. As a matter of fact, this can be easily illustrated by many examples in the development of history: the quintessence of Renaissance humanism and the achievements of Industrial Revolution have triggered the appearance of capitalism. All the same, the current academic studies have not only improved people"s living standard, but also played the role of maintaining the stability of the whole society. Hence, the function of academic studies still cannot be ignored when considering its relationship with politics. To conclude, when it comes to academic studies and politics, we should be both dialectical and subjective. If we take them in a proper way, academic studies, whether they can be truly apolitical, will form a positive or even win-win relationship with politics.