History and Nationalist Legitimacy in Contemporary China

A Double-Edged Sword

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book examines how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has attempted to bolster its nationalist legitimacy through the utilisation of Chinese history. The aim is to remind the Chinese people that the CCP liberated China from imperialism after 1949 and has since restored national pride.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-09-11
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:398 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:205
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137479464

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Robert Weatherley is Affiliated Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. He also works as a commercial lawyer for the UK law firm Mills & Reeve LLP. Qiang Zhang is Researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. Prior to this, he was a BBC journalist for 11 years.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- 1. Turning to Nationalism - Another Crisis of Regime Legitimacy for the CCP.- 2. Aggressive Nationalism - Utilising the Yuanmingyuan Incident.- 3. Aggressive Nationalism - The Legacy of Japanese Imperialism in China.- 4. Consensual Nationalism - The KMT and the Second Sino-Japanese War.- 5. Consensual Nationalism - The Republican Era and the Rise of Republican Fever.- Conclusion.