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On The Construction Of National Identity, Since The Reform And Opening Up

Posted on:2008-07-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R L WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360215484540Subject:Scientific Socialism and the international communist movement
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The theory that originates from the exploring the formation of State Identity in only one level is the one that becomes systematic theory or that deals with foreign policy, which doesn't construct the integrated theory of National Identity. Owing to interaction - that has been taken into consideration emphatically -between structure and unit in the theory. After simplication, a new model about the theory is formed finally. So it is an integrated theory of National Identity and a simplified model.The new model applied to explaining the China's identity construction a responsible power in the international society, the following conclusion can be drawn: The cultural structure that consists of peace, development and cooperation notion on the system level redounds to shaping China's cooperative and strategic culture. China possesses it taking part in the international society, which can break with the outmoded notion that makes against developing great social power, and solves many problems confronted with by China in the process of peacefully melting herself into international society. At the same tine, China's participating into international society can change her concept greatly. As the party in power, CPC has focused on economic construction and taken it as the main task of CPC and nation, which is the domestic basis that has brought about these changes.However, there are two contradictions, - one between the identity of responsible power and that of sovereignty, the other between that and the identity of developing country - in the process of constructing China National Identity. Therefore, China National Identity as a responsible power is to construct, as long as the contradictions can be solved.As a responsible power, China has her specific national benefits which can be shown on economy, safety, politics and culture in turns as the following: sustaining world free trade system and focusing on international society balanced development, maintaining its peace and stabilization, and defending state sovereignty by peaceful foreign policy, and establishing equitable, reasonable new international order, viewing the world from word angle, acknowledging and respecting variety of civilization , and opposing "conflict among civilizations". Moreover, China tends to maintain her benefits by non-military way in her foreign policy, which corresponds to State Identity as a responsible power.As mentioned above, China is going to grow up peacefully!...
Keywords/Search Tags:The national identity theory, China's identity, responsible power, the structure-unit mode
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