China’s International Relations and Harmonious World Time, Space and Multiplicity in World Politics

Astrid H. M. Nordin, "China’s International Relations and Harmonious World: Time, Space and Multiplicity in World Politics "
English | ISBN: 1138944874 | 2016 | 202 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
As scholars and publics look for alternatives to what is understood as a violent Western world order, many claim that China can provide such an alternative through the Chinese dream of a harmonious world. This book takes this claim seriously and examines its effects by tracing the notion across several contexts: the policy documents and speeches that launched harmony as an official term under previous president Hu Jintao; the academic literatures that asked what a harmonious world might look like; the propaganda and mega events that aimed to illustrate it; the online spoofing culture that is used to criticise and avoid "harmonization"; and the incorporation of harmony into current president Xi Jinping’s "Chinese dream".