Chinese Nationalism through the Prism of the Sino–Japanese Dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands

Burcu, Oana

doi:10.1080/10357823.2022.2040429

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“…This is best captured by Global Times (2020) which announces that “The so-called ‘beacon of democracy’ now becomes dim and lacklustre.” Similarly, by reporting excessively negatively on BLM protests and protestors, the Chinese media underlines an association between social movements and the “chaos” and “instability” they can bring, which has been long favoured by the party-state. This is in line with previous studies that show how protests are often censored or selectively reported in the Chinese state media to maintain stability and where possible boost the party's legitimacy (Burcu, 2023). In other words, the description of heightened tensions and unrest at the scene of protests in the US indirectly consolidates the party-state's regime legitimacy by “validating” and reinforcing its “stability” discourse.…”

Section: Findings and Analysissupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Firstly, Chinese media coverage of BLM mainly serves its domestic agenda of generating cohesion, a key task of the propaganda work (Brady, 2012; Edney, 2015). As a multi-faceted propaganda tool, the BLM coverage confirms key findings from Chinese propaganda studies – it promotes “stability triumphs all” (Sandby-Thomas, 2010) by highlighting the chaos associated with protests; it distracts the public's attention from undesirable and sensitive news (Brady, 2012) by avoiding discussing Xinjiang, race, and ethnicity within China, and by actively criticising the US instead; and it constructs a “us vs. them” dichotomy (Burcu, 2023; Luqiu, 2018) by taking an aggressive anti-US rhetoric and glorifying itself.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…Racist and xenophobic feelings have long existed in China before the proliferation of the internet (Leung, 2015). Similarly, concerns have previously been expressed in relation to uncontrolled and non-censored nationalism which can turn xenophobic and to denounce as "traitors" those who challenge the mainstream narrative (Burcu, 2023;Koschut et al, 2017). The fact that the state tolerates such racially charged messages in relation to BLM potentially contributes to the proliferation of such narratives and risks stifling debates.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

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Why and how has China covered the Black Lives Matter (BLM), a movement with emerging themes closely related to its domestic issues? To what extent does the Chinese media build a unified discourse on sensitive themes that underpin the BLM? These are important questions given China's complicated history with ethnicity, race, and protests. This article argues that Chinese media uses BLM as a multi-faceted propaganda tool to foster cohesion at ideological level. NVivo-powered coding and thematic media analysis show that mainstream media, including official, semi-official and commercial media, and we-media do not present a uniform discourse on BLM. While they generally converge on criticism towards “protests” and “police” action, they display a nuanced “anti-US” and “Greater China” discourse. Moreover, the BLM coverage is used to undermine the US and strengthen by comparison the party-state's legitimacy. In the absence of a reflective discussion on race, racist undertones emerge in Chinese we-media.

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Chinese Nationalism through the Prism of the Sino–Japanese Dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands

Cited by 3 publications

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Geopolitical risk: An opportunity or a threat to the green bond market?

Simmering Storm in the East China Sea: Shifting Dynamics in the Great Power Rivalries of East Asia

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