China's New Nationalism (eBook)

Pride, Politics, and Diplomacy

Peter Hays Gries (Autor)

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2004
224 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-93194-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Three American missiles hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and what Americans view as an appalling and tragic mistake, many Chinese see as a "e;barbaric"e; and intentional "e;criminal act,"e; the latest in a long series of Western aggressions against China. In this book, Peter Hays Gries explores the roles of perception and sentiment in the growth of popular nationalism in China. At a time when the direction of China's foreign and domestic policies have profound ramifications worldwide, Gries offers a rare, in-depth look at the nature of China's new nationalism, particularly as it involves Sino-American and Sino-Japanese relations-two bilateral relations that carry extraordinary implications for peace and stability in the twenty-first century. Through recent Chinese books and magazines, movies, television shows, posters, and cartoons, Gries traces the emergence of this new nationalism. Anti-Western sentiment, once created and encouraged by China's ruling PRC, has been taken up independently by a new generation of Chinese. Deeply rooted in narratives about past "e;humiliations"e; at the hands of the West and impassioned notions of Chinese identity, popular nationalism is now undermining the Communist Party's monopoly on political discourse, threatening the regime's stability. As readable as it is closely researched and reasoned, this timely book analyzes the impact that popular nationalism will have on twenty-first century China and the world.

Inhalt

Introduction: Dragon-Slayers and Panda-Huggers

1. Saving Face
2. Chinese Identity and "the West"
3. A "Century of Humiliation"
4. The "Kissinger Complex"
5. Victors or Victims?
6. China's Apology Diplomacy
7. Popular Nationalism and the Fate of the Nation
8. Chinese Nationalism and U.S.–China Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.1.2004
• Reihe/Serie: Philip E. Lilienthal Books (Paperback)
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: 21st Century • Act of War • Belgrade • Cartoons • China • Chinese Embassy • Chinese history • communism • Communist Party • Crime • criminal • domestic policy • Embassy • foreign policy • Magazines • Movies • Nationalism • Peace • Political Discourse • Politics • Posters • Propaganda • Race • Racism • sino american • sino japanese • TV shows • War Crime • wartime • western aggression
• ISBN-10: 0-520-93194-7 / 0520931947
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-93194-7 / 9780520931947