China?s Selective Identities : State, Ideology and Culture

This book discusses the role of selective identities in shaping China?s position in regional and global affairs. By taking on different types of identities - of state, ideology and culture - the Chinese government has adjusted China's identity to different kinds of audiences. By adopting and adhering to different kinds of "self," China has secured its relatively peaceful transition within the existing system. In relation to its immediate neighbors, China presents itself as a state that needs clear-cut borders. In the case of the developing world, China narrates ?self? as an ideology under the banner of materialism, equality and justice, while, to the West, China presents itself as a peaceful, innocent cultural construct mainly based on Confucius? passive approach. The particular identities placed in one China [san weiyiti ????] - the strong state, the developing country and the idealistic vision of ?self? - have played a dominant role in shaping China's behaviour during the period of transition to global power status.

Author: Dominik Mierzejewski, Bartosz Kowalski

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: Sep 22, 2018

Number of Pages: 241 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 9811301638

ISBN-13: 9789811301636