Chinese nationalism
Middle Kingdom pride
Chinese nationalism is political ideology emphasizing China's cultural heritage, territorial integrity, and national rejuvenation.
It draws on pride in Chinese civilization and resentment of historical humiliations—particularly Western and Japanese imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Modern Chinese nationalism often manifests in sensitivity about Taiwan, Tibet, and the South China Sea, and can flare online into aggressive defense of Chinese interests: The film was pulled after Chinese nationalism erupted on social media.
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
- BeijingChina's seat of government
- May Fourth Movement1919 Chinese political awakening
- Treaty of Nanking1842 Anglo-Chinese peace accord
- Mandarin languageChina's national tongue
Sun Yat-sen · propaganda · sovereignty · Opium Wars · Boxer Rebellion · Confucian values · Cultural Revolution · flag · Mao Zedong · Han · greatness · red · Taiwan · pride · patriotism · motherland · Chiang Kai-shek · victimhood
- May Fourth EraMay Fourth Movement, Peking University, student protests, anti-traditionalism, cultural criticism
- Sun Yat-senSun Yat-sen, Kuomintang
- Xinhai RevolutionSun Yat-sen, abdication, provisional government, republican movement, revolutionaries
Chinese nationalismseparatism
Advocacy for political breakaway
Taiwan independence · cosmopolitanism · globalism · internationalism · anti-nationalism
Chinese nationalismSinophobia
Prejudice against China
containment policy · pro-democracy movement · Western imperialism
Chinese nationalismWesternization
Adopting Western cultural practices
cosmopolitanism · Americanization · global citizenship · multiculturalism · sinicization
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