Never forget national humiliation: historical memory in Chinesepolitics and foreign relations
by Wang, Zheng
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not only survived but thrived in the post-Cold War era, regaining the support of Chinese citizens after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989. Popular sentiment has turned toward anti-Western nationalism despite the internally-driven, anti-dictatorship democratic movements of the 1980s, and China has shown more assertion toward the United States and Japan in matters of foreign policy, while, at the same time, acting relatively conciliatory toward smaller c…
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- Full title :Never forget national humiliation : historical memory in Chinesepolitics and foreign relations / Zheng Wang.
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not only survived but thrived in the post-Cold War era, regaining the support of Chinese citizens after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989. Popular sentiment has turned toward anti-Western nationalism despite the internally-driven, anti-dictatorship democratic movements of the 1980s, and China has shown more assertion toward the United States and Japan in matters of foreign policy, while, at the same time, acting relatively conciliatory toward smaller countries in conflict. Offering an explanation for these unusual events, Zheng Wang follows thecommuni.
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- Publication Date:©2012
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (xiii, 293 pages) : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0231520166, 9780231520164
- oclc:on1348597717
- LC Classification:JZ1734
- Dewey Decimal:327.51
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Historical Memory, Identity, and Politics; 2. Chosen Glory, Chosen Trauma; 3. From "All-Under-Heaven" to a Nation-State: National Humiliation and National Building; 4. From Victor to Victim: The Patriotic Education Campaign; 5. From Vanguard to Patriot: Reconstructing the Chinese Communist Party; 6. From Earthquake to Olympics: New Trauma, New Glory; 7. Memory, Crises, and Foreign Relations; 8. Memory, Textbooks, and Sino-Japanese Reconciliation; 9. Memory,Nationalism, and China's Rise; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.
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