| ID | 080456 |
| Title Proper | Holding nationalist flags against red flags |
| Other Title Information | anti-American icons in contemporary China and their reconstruction by the public (1999-2003) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shen, Simon |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Focusing on the construction and reconstruction process of anti-American icons in contemporary China, this paper compares the patterns of interactions between the Chinese government, intellectuals and general public during four events centering on China-US relations: the 1999 Belgrade embassy bombing, the early 2001 plane collision incident, the September 11 attacks, and the 2003 war in Iraq. The article suggests that the proliferation of anti-American icons in China does not only point towards the existence of anti-foreign ideologies. It is also a channel for different players in China to advance their personal and group interests. As long as tolerance from Beijing is signalled, much nationalist rhetoric is a coded way of directing limited dissent at the Chinese state itself, but how exactly the Chinese public hold the "nationalist flags" - which is allowed by the party-state - against the "red flags" of the same regime remains relatively unexplored. Filling up such an intellectual vacuum is the central focus of this paper |
| `In' analytical Note | East Asia: An International Quaterly Vol. 24, No.3Fall 2007: p 229-250 |
| Journal Source | East Asia: An International Quaterly Vol. 24, No.3Fall 2007: p 229-250 |
| Key Words | Chinese Nationalism ; Liberalists ; Martyrs - Public Opinions ; Sino-American Relation ; China - Foreign Relations - United States |