The Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy Component in Mass Consciousness in China

Dmitry V. Kuznetsov

doi:10.18778/8088-758-9

Keywords: Chinese foreign policy, women’s economy, regional security, nuclear tests, military reform, economic cooperation, image of China

Published: 30 December 2017

Categories: Political science and international relations, Open Access

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The research describes the phenomenon of Chinese nationalism in the context of the foreign policy component of the mass consciousness of residents in China. The ideas of Chinese nationalism become more popular both on the individual level and the level of mass consciousness. This is according to opinion polls, data from the media, as well as views widely spread among the intellectual elite.

Between 2000–2010 there was a significant rise of nationalism in China. The reason was the transformation of Chinese public opinion. Under the influence of progress in the development of China, people have come to realize that modern China certainly plays a crucial role in world politics and economics.

A characteristic feature of modern Chinese nationalism is that it proliferates far outside of China. Currently, its main content is a growing anti-American and anti-Japanese views.

The ideas of modern Chinese nationalism have become most prevalent among the younger generation of Chinese citizens. These processes are partially controlled by the PRC authorities, who need the population to have certain ideological orientation.

Considering the rise of nationalism in China we can see the appearance of the ‘Chinese Dream’ concept in 2012.

Dmitry V. Kuznetsov, Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University

DMITRY V. KUZNETSOV, Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, Department of Universal History, Philosophy and Culture Studies, Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University. Research interests: History of International Relations. Foreign Policy and Public Opinion Interaction. Public Opinion and the International Problems. Professional memberships: The Russian Association of Political Sciences (2009), Russian International Studies Association (2016). Dmitry V. Kuznetsov is the author and co-author of books: China in the Mirror of Public Opinion. Blagoveshchensk: BSPU. (2013); Contemporary China: Social and Economic Development, National Policy, Ethnopsychology. Moscow: URSS. (2011); Contemporary China in the System of International Relations. Moscow: URSS. (2012); Traditional China on the Road to Modernization. Moscow: URSS. (2013); Contemporary China and its Environment. Moscow: URSS. (2014); Modern China in the Conditions of Transformation. Moscow: URSS. (2015); Contemporary China: Pages of History. Moscow: URSS. (2016); China and World War Two. Moscow: URSS. (2017). In 2015–2016 at the initiative of Dmitry V. Kuznetsov were implemented projects to study the public opinion: Russia, the United States and China in the Modern World: Mutual Representations of Russian, American and Chinese Youth and Russia and Poland Through the Eyes of Young People: Perceptions of Each Other, Ideas About Politics, Culture and Religion.

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Kuznetsov, Dmitry V. 2017. “The Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy Component in Mass Consciousness in China”. In Overcoming Controversies in East Asia, edited by Tomasz Kamiński, 13-37. Contemporary Asian Studies Series. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8088-758-9.02.