The Role of History in China's View of the World Today

Bartlètt, Thomas

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“…is that this change was only the tip of the iceberg of a comprehensive reform of the discourse of ethnicity in Chinese history textbooks that started simultaneously with the launching of Deng Xiaoping's reforms in the late 1970s. Although much has been written about the changes that have taken place in China in the field of historiography since the end of the Maoist era (see, e.g., Bartlett 2001;Chan 1999;Dirlik 2000;Guo and He 1999;Liu 1981;Sullivan 1993;Wang 2004;Weigelin-Schwiedrzik 1987;Wright 1993), to date little has been written about this particular reform.…”

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Others No More: The Changing Representation of Non-Han Peoples in Chinese History Textbooks, 1951–2003

Baranovitch¹

2010

J of Asian Stud

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This article analyzes the changes in the representation of non-Han peoples in textbooks of premodern Chinese history published in China since the establishment of the People's Republic. Whereas in the early 1950s, these peoples were treated as non-Chinese others and were even referred to as “foreigners,” by the beginning of the twenty-first century, they were totally incorporated into the Chinese historical self through a new narrative claiming that they had always been Chinese. Simultaneously, the textbooks exhibit a clear shift from a Han-exclusivist vision of Chinese history to a more inclusive and multi-ethnic one. Based on an analysis of the content, language, and organization of textbooks and other related materials, the article proposes that although the incorporation of non-Han peoples into the Chinese historical subject was gradual, this process accelerated dramatically as a result of a planned reform launched in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The article explains the reasons for the reform and its timing, and examines its implications for the Chinese nation-state and China's ethnic minorities.

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Others No More: The Changing Representation of Non-Han Peoples in Chinese History Textbooks, 1951–2003

Baranovitch¹

2010

J of Asian Stud

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“…21 What it meant to be Chinese during Mao Zedong's era has evolved in to something else today, and will continue to evolve. The same holds true when envisioning the identity development of Taiwanese. 18 See Bartlett 2001: 118. 19 Watson 1993 Ibid: 99; see also Weller 1999: 26-27.…”

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A ‘Greater Chinese Union’

Jakobson

2007

AEJ

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Lasting peace across the Taiwan Strait cannot be reached before the leaders in Beijing and Taipei agree on the framework within which a political settlement can be discussed. This article examines one possible end goal for lasting peace in the Strait, a 'Greater Chinese Union'. This model is founded on principles guiding the unique relationship between Finland and the Åland Islands as well as centuries old Chinese practices of governance. The article intentionally distances itself from the present, day-to-day antagonistic politics of the Taiwan Strait and instead describes the framework within which a peaceful settlement could be negotiated.

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“…Nevertheless, as Bartlett explains, that project obscures the fact that over two centuries of Qing rule prior to the Opium Wars, Chinese sovereign territory had in fact doubled in size as a result of military campaigns in the western frontier. 27 In other words, notwithstanding territorial losses in the 19th centurymuch of Western China became Chinese only fairly recently.…”

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“One country, two histories”: how PRC and western narratives of Chinese modernity diverge

Horesh¹

2020

Journal of Global Faultlines

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Held in October 2017, the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress enshrined not just Xi Jinping's grip on power. It also re-coated its ideology with a medley of Socialist and traditionalist buzz words that had been marginalized in the 1980s. During the height of the reform era, these increasingly made way for ideas borrowed from market economies. Predictably enough, the ideological ferment surrounding the 19th Party Congress has since also played out in the realm of education. This article examines in detail the most current history textbooks used in PRC classrooms to construe China's recent past. To that end, included in my exploration will not just be changing PRC attitudes to Chinese modern history, but also PRC instruction of world history. In passing, I will also compare the school material with the latest authoritative Western scholarly studies of the same topics by way of eliciting how PRC official historical narratives of 19th–20th century events diverge from Western ones. A better understanding of those narratives is crucial to predicting how the PRC will behave on the world stage as an emerging global superpower.

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The Role of History in China's View of the World Today

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Others No More: The Changing Representation of Non-Han Peoples in Chinese History Textbooks, 1951–2003

Others No More: The Changing Representation of Non-Han Peoples in Chinese History Textbooks, 1951–2003

A ‘Greater Chinese Union’

“One country, two histories”: how PRC and western narratives of Chinese modernity diverge

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