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ID163319
Title ProperChina’s national identity and the root causes of China’s ethnic tensions
LanguageENG
AuthorIrgengioro, John
Summary / Abstract (Note)This paper seeks to examine the People’s Republic of China’s (China) self-defined national identity and the consequences on China’s ethnic relations with its ethnic minorities. This paper argues that China’s identity is equated with the identity and culture of its ethnic Han Chinese majority—a narrative originally constructed by the Chinese state which its ethnic Han Chinese majority since indulges in. However, this hegemonic narrative is at the root of interethnic issues and tensions in China today, as further ethnic tensions stem from the resistance of ethnic minorities against Sinicization and the imposition of this “Chinese” identity against them. These phenomena thus both indicate what I term a weak “internal soft power appeal” of Han Chinese Confucian culture for ethnic minorities living in the PRC, and imply that China must adopt a different, more inclusive national identity if it were to maintain ethnic stability in the long term.
`In' analytical NoteEast Asia: An International Quaterly Vol. 35, 4,Dec-2018; p317-346
Journal SourceEast Asia: An International Quaterly Vol: 35 No 4
Key WordsEthnicity ;  Xinjiang ;  Uyghur ;  Soft Power ;  Ethnic Policy ;  Chinese Identity ;  Minzu ;  Minzu - Ethnic Communities


 
 
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