China Dreams

China Dreams

Edited by: Jane Golley orcid, Linda Jaivin, Ben Hillman orcid, Sharon Strange
 

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The year 2019 marked a number of significant anniversaries for the People’s Republic of China (PRC), each representing different ‘Chinese dreams’. There was the centennial of the May Fourth Movement — a dream of patriotism and cultural renewal. The PRC celebrated its seventieth anniversary — a dream of revolution and national strength. It was also thirty years since the student-led Protest Movement of 1989 — dreams of democracy and free expression crushed by government dreams of unity and stability. Many of these ‘dreams’ recurred in new guises in 2019. President Xi Jinping tightened his grip on power at home while calling for all citizens to ‘defend China’s honour abroad’. Escalating violence in Hong Kong, the ongoing suppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and deteriorating Sino-US relations dominated the headlines. Alongside stories about China’s advances in artificial intelligence and geneticially modified babies and its ambitions in the Antarctic and outer space, these issues fuelled discussion about what Xi’s own ‘China Dream’ of national rejuvenation means for Chinese citizens and the rest of the world.

The China Story Yearbook: China Dreams reflects on these issues and more. It surveys the dreams, illusions, aspirations, and nightmares that coexisted (and clashed) in 2019 in China and beyond. As ever, we take a cross-disciplinary perspective that recognises the inextricable links between economy, politics, culture, history, language, and society. The Yearbook, with its accessible analysis of the main events and trends of the year, is an essential tool for understanding China’s growing power and influence around the world.

Details

ISBN (print):
9781760463731
ISBN (online):
9781760463748
Publication date:
Apr 2020
Imprint:
ANU Press
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.22459/CSY.2020
Series:
China Story Yearbook
Co-publisher:
Australian Centre on China in the World
Disciplines:
Arts & Humanities: Cultural Studies; Social Sciences: Politics & International Studies, Social Policy & Administration
Countries:
East Asia: China

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Introduction

Forum · Illusions and Transformations: The Many Meanings of Meng 夢

Chapter 1

Forum · Enforcing the Dream

Chapter 2

Forum · Under Observation

Chapter 3

Forum · Projecting the Dream

Chapter 4

Forum · Conscious Coupling!

Chapter 5

Forum · Life and Death

Chapter 6

Forum · Forgotten Histories

Chapter 7

Forum · Vigilante Justice

Chapter 8

Forum · Sharing the Dream?

Chapter 9

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