Product Description

Based on Chinese sources throughout, this book offers a systematic treatment of Chinese nationalism, during the period of "reform and opening", providing conceptual insights that allow the reader to grasp the complex weave of Chinese nationalist sentiment today and its implications for the future.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #703576 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 188 pages

Review
'Offers a very interesting insight into the foreign policy debates in Beijing, especially over the past decade.' - The Guardian

From the Back Cover

Chinese Nationalism in the Global Era presents an analysis of the tension between nationalism and globalisation in China since the beginning of the ‘reform and opening’ period in the late 1970s to the present day. It makes a unique contribution to the on-going debate on the nature of Chinese nationalism by showing how nationalism is used to link together key areas of policy-making including economic policy, national unification and foreign policy. The book looks in detail at the areas of policy-making where the preservation of Chinese identity and the impact of external influences, such as education and information technology, converge.

Hughes provides historical context to the debate by examining how nationalism became incorporated into the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s and the ways in which this strengthened and combined with globalisation discourse through the domestic crisis of the Tiananmen Massacre and the external shock of the Cold War’s conclusion. The different perspectives towards this resulting orthodoxy are discussed including those of the state and dissent in mainland China and the alternative views from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Chinese Nationalism in the Global Era offers a systematic treatment of Chinese nationalism during the period of 'reform and opening', providing conceptual insights that will allow the reader to grasp the complex weave of Chinese nationalist sentiment today and its implications for the future. It is essential reading for China specialists, and scholars interested in nationalism and the nature of Chinese foreign policy and domestic politics.

About the Author

Christopher R. Hughes is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics, where he was Director of the Asia Research Centre, 2002-2005. He has published extensively on Chinese nationalism, including Taiwan and Chinese Nationalism (Routledge, 1997) and China and the Internet: Politics of the Digital Leap Forward (ed. with Gudrun Wacker) (Routledge, 2003).