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The article provides a seminal analysis of the electronic resources in the Chinese cyberspace devoted to the labour migration of Chinese people to Russia. The author focuses on the online narratives and media stories published on three types of electronic resources – government websites of the northeast provinces of the PRC, online reports by the Chinese news agencies, and postings on bulletin board systems (BBSs) in order to find answers to the following research questions: 1. What is the role of Chinese migrants' narratives circulated via different electronic resources on the Internet in the reproduction of the state-regulated imagination of Russia? 2. To what extent have different types of electronic resources (government websites, news agency websites, BBSs) been used to renegotiate this imagination? The research has revealed that the websites of PRC government bodies tend to convey a rather consolidated understanding of Russia as a destination country, frequently publishing the narratives of successful migrants online. The mass media reports tend to provide regular coverage of a broader range of themes related to migration, including those related to the legal and economic vulnerability of Chinese labour migrants in Russia. The semi-anonymous and non-official character of the bulletin board system in turn has allowed its participants to make enquiries about or engage in the discussions of aspects of migration that would never be covered or described in detail by official sources such as government websites.

The article provides a seminal analysis of the electronic resources in the Chinese cyberspace devoted to the labour migration of Chinese people to Russia. The author focuses on the online narratives and media stories published on three types of electronic resources - government websites of the northeast provinces of the PRC, online reports by the Chinese news agencies, and postings on bulletin board systems (BBSs) in order to find answers to the following research questions: 1. What is the role of Chinese migrants' narratives circulated via different electronic resources on the Internet in the reproduction of the state-regulated imagination of Russia? 2. To what extent have different types of electronic resources (government websites, news agency websites, BBSs) been used to renegotiate this imagination? The research has revealed that the websites of PRC government bodies tend to convey a rather consolidated understanding of Russia as a destination country, frequently publishing the narratives of successful migrants online. The mass media reports tend to provide regular coverage of a broader range of themes related to migration, including those related to the legal and economic vulnerability of Chinese labour migrants in Russia. The semi-anonymous and non-official character of the bulletin board system in turn has allowed its participants to make enquiries about or engage in the discussions of aspects of migration that would never be covered or described in detail by official sources such as government websites. (JCCA/GIGA)

The transformation of society during the transition to a new stage of civilizational development is accompanied by dichotomous phenomena. Against the background of globalization processes, a decrease in the role of the national, associated with numbers and the development of global network digital communications, there is a sharp increase in ethnic and religious factors, the actualization of historical symbols as elements of human identity and the collective identity of a nation or country. This phenomenon is considered from the standpoint of postmodernism, where the object of the past is simulated into the subjective perception of a simulacrum in the consciousness of a person in modern society. We criticize metamodernism, proving the symbolic nature of oscillation. The appeal to the past in modernity is nothing but the construction of traditions, rituals, customs in new conditions, under the influence of the present, that is, the simulation of current economic and political, socio-cultural processes. The formation of identity is considered both from the side of the external influence of the institutions of power and management and the elite, and from the side of adaptation of human consciousness that occurs under the influence of the transformations of society. Institutions of power and government contribute to the creation and dissemination of simulacra of historical, ethnic, religious constructs. This allows the upper strata of society to form the collective identity they require, to homogenize society, affirming a single symbolism, common values for all residents. A modern person, for the reasons considered in the article, strives for multiple identification, which is due to the desire to strengthen communication with a multitude of communities that are formed on the basis of a commonality of symbols, values, codes. Experiencing existential fear of a digital society, a person seeks shelter in the images of the past, in the simulation of the stasis of his contemporary society based on the symbols of history, religion, and ethnicity. The second reason is the desire to enter the largest number of communities, staying in which allows you to strengthen the quality and quantity of communications, increase the ability to adapt, and reduce the level of risk. The specific features of the younger generation Z are considered separately. Born with a "gadget in hand", digital natives are initially adapted in a digital society, and therefore their perception is somewhat different than that of the older generation. The cited research data of the authors shows significant specific differences in the perception of the values of previous eras among the younger generation, which allows us to hope for a weakening of the tendencies for the formation of identity based on archaic symbols in the near future. ; Трансформация общества в процессе перехода на новую стадию цивилизационного развития сопровождается дихотомическими явлениями. На фоне глобализационных процессов, снижением роли национального, связанного в том чисел и с развитием глобальных сетевых цифровых коммуникаций наблюдается резкий рост этнического и религиозного факторов, актуализации исторических символов как элементов идентичности человека и коллективной идентичности нации, страны. Данное явление рассматривается с позиций постмодернизма, где объект прошлого симулируется в субъективное восприятие симулякра в сознании человека современного общества. Мы выступаем с критикой метамодернизма, доказывая символический характер осцилляции. Обращения к прошлому в современности не что иное, как конструирование традиций, ритуалов, обычаев в новых условиях, под воздействием настоящего, то есть симуляция актуальных экономико–политических, социокультурных актуальных процессов. Формирование идентичности рассмотрено как состороны внешнего влияния институтов власти и управления и элиты, так и со стороны адаптации сознания человека, происходящей под влиянием трансформаций общества. Институты власти и управления способствуют созданию и распространению симулякров исторических, этнических, религиозных конструктов. Это позволяет высшим слоям общества формировать требуемую им коллективную идентичность, гомогенизировать общество, утверждая единую символику, единые ценности для всех жителей. Современный человек, по причинам, рассматриваемых в статье, стремиться к множественной идентификации, что обусловлено стремлением к усилению коммуникаций с множеством сообществ, формирующихся на основе общности символов, ценностей, кодов. Испытывая экзистенциальный страх перед цифровым обществом, человек ищет укрытия в образах прошлого, в симуляции стазиса современного ему общества на основе символов истории, религии, этноса. Вторая причина – стремление к вхождению в наибольшее число сообществ, пребывание в которых позволяет усиливать качество и количество коммуникаций, повысить способность к адаптации, снизить уровень риска. Отдельно рассмотрены специфические особенности молодого поколения Z. Родившись с «гаджетом в руке» цифровые аборигены изначально адаптированы в цифровом обществе, а потому их восприятие не-сколько иное, чем у старшего поколения. Приведенные данные исследования авторов показывает существенные специфические отличия в восприятии ценностей предыдущих эпох у молодого поколения, что позволяет надеяться на ослабление тенденций формирования идентичности на основе архаичных символов в ближайшем будущем.