A STATE-LED NATIONALISM: THE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN POST-TIANANMEN CHINA

In: Communist and post-communist studies: an international interdisciplinary journal, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 287-302

Abstract

THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON THE COMMUNIST STATE AS THE ARCHITECT OF NATIONALISM IN CHINA AND EXPLAINS THE RISE OF CHINESE NATIONALISM BY EXAMINING THE STATE'S PATRIOTIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. IT BEGINS WITH AN ANALYSIS OF HOW NATIONALISM REPLACED THE OFFICIAL IDEOLOGY AS THE COALESCING FORCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE. THEN IT EXAMINES THE PROCESS, CONTENTS, METHODS, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.