Never forget national humiliation : historical memory in Chinese politics and foreign relations /
How could the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not only survive but even thrive, regaining the support of many Chinese citizens after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989? Why has popular sentiment turned toward anti-Western nationalism despite the anti-dictatorship democratic movements of the 1980s?...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Contemporary Asia in the world.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | How could the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not only survive but even thrive, regaining the support of many Chinese citizens after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989? Why has popular sentiment turned toward anti-Western nationalism despite the anti-dictatorship democratic movements of the 1980s? And why has China been more assertive toward the United States and Japan in foreign policy but relatively conciliatory toward smaller countries in conflict? Offering an explanation for these unexpected trends, Zheng Wang follows the Communist government's ideological reeducation of the public, which relentlessly portrays China as the victim of foreign imperialist bullying during 'one hundred years of humiliation.' By concentrating on the telling and teaching of history in today's China, Wang illuminates the thinking of the young patriots who will lead this rising power in the twenty-first century. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-278) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231520166 9780231520164 |
