Paperback. From the time of Chinas defeat in the Sino-Japanese war of 189495 until the 1930s, the assumption that China was a weak state dominated political discourse in China and beyond. In those discussions, China was seen as lacking competitiveness in a world that was increasingly being understood in harsh Darwinian terms. Aiming to better understand contemporary Chinas self-image and identity, this volume traces both the emergence of the narrative of Chinas alleged national ruin and the discursive construction of China as the Sick Man of East Asia. Discourses of Weakness in Late 19th and Early 20th Century China. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Discourses of Weakness in Modern China (Paperback)
Publisher: Campus Verlag, Frankfurt
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 3593509024
ISBN 13: 9783593509020
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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From the time of China’s defeat in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894–95 until the 1930s, the assumption that China was a “weak state” dominated political discourse in China and beyond. In those discussions, China was seen as lacking competitiveness in a world that was increasingly being understood in harsh Darwinian terms. Aiming to better understand contemporary China’s self-image and identity, this volume traces both the emergence of the narrative of China’s alleged “national ruin” and the discursive construction of China as the “Sick Man of East Asia.”

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Iwo Amelung is professor of Sinology at Goethe University Frankfurt.

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