Nationalism, Democracy and National Integration in China

This book examines the changing role of nationalism in China in the light of the immense political and economic changes there during the 1990s. It analyzes recent debates between the nationalists (New Left) and liberals in China and examines the roles played by state-sponsored and populist nationalism in China's foreign relations with the West in general and the USA in particular. The issues of Taiwanese nationalism and Tibet and Xinjiang separatism are discussed, with a focus on the questions of the impact of globalization on national integration or fragmentation and the relationship between democracy and national integration--should democracy precede national integration or could democracy be realized only after national integration, or are democracy and national integration mutually exclusive objectives? The book also examines the roles played by the People's Liberation Army and the fiscal system in China promoting Chinese nationalism and national integration.