Hughes provides historical context to the debate by examining how nationalism became incorporated into the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s and the ways in which this strengthened and combined with globalization discourse through the domestic crisis of the Tiananmen Massacre and the external shock of the Cold War’s conclusion. The different perspectives towards this resulting orthodoxy are discussed, including those of the state and dissent in mainland China and the alternative views from Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Based on Chinese sources throughout, this book offers a systematic treatment of Chinese nationalism, providing conceptual insights that allow the reader to grasp the complex weave of Chinese nationalist sentiment today and its implications for the future.
Christopher R. Hughes is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics, where he was Director of the Asia Research Centre, 2002-2005. He has published extensively on Chinese nationalism, including Taiwan and Chinese Nationalism (Routledge, 1997) and China and the Internet: Politics of the Digital Leap Forward (ed. with Gudrun Wacker) (Routledge, 2003).