sinicization
Becoming culturally Chinese
Sinicization is the process of making something Chinese in character—adopting Chinese language, culture, customs, or political systems.
The term appears in historical and political contexts: the sinicization of Tibet, the sinicization of Buddhism as it spread from India.
It can describe voluntary cultural absorption or coerced assimilation policies.
Also spelled Sinicization, from Sino- (Chinese).
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- indigenizationAdapting to native practices
- integrationCombining into a whole
incorporation · conformity · harmonization · homogenization · intermarriage · adoption · adaptation · alignment
Coerced ideological transformation
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
indoctrination · standardization · centralization · Uyghur · Tibet · Xinjiang · Manchuria · Taiwan
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- indigenizationAdapting to native practices
integration · incorporation · conformity · harmonization · homogenization · intermarriage · adoption · adaptation · alignment · mainstreaming
Confucianism
Chinese ethical philosophy
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
reeducation
Coerced ideological transformation
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
coercion · indoctrination · standardization · centralization · Uyghur · Tibet · Xinjiang · Manchuria · Taiwan
- Northern Wei
- Qing ChinaQing dynasty, Manchu, Aisin Gioro, banners, Eight Banners
sinicizationWesternization
Adopting Western cultural practices
Americanization · Europeanization · Japanization · Russification · Arabization
sinicizationcultural preservation
Protecting community traditions and artifacts
indigenization · cultural resistance · decolonization · nativism · localization