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Never forget national humiliation : historical memory in Chinese politics and foreign relations /

Wang, Zheng, 1968-

Never forget national humiliation : historical memory in Chinese politics and foreign relations / Zheng Wang. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2012. - xiii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary Asia in the world .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: from "Tank Man" to China's new patriots -- Historical memory, identity, and politics -- Chosen glory, chosen trauma -- From "all-under-heaven" to a nation-state: humiliation and nation-building -- From victor to victim: the patriotic education campaign -- From vanguard to patriot: reconstructing the Chinese Communist Party -- From earthquake to Olympics: new trauma, new glory -- Memory, crises, and foreign relations -- Memory, textbooks, and Sino-Japanese reconciliation -- Memory, nationalism, and China's rise.

9780231148900 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231520164 (ebook)

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Collective memory--Political aspects.--China


China--Foreign relations--1949-
China--Foreign relations--Psychological aspects.
China--Politics and government--1949-

JZ 1734 / W38 2012