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Originally Posted by SukuWatalu
Of all the accusations against China in the report, I find this particularly interesting: The report described China's tight control over information distribution as allowing the Chinese government “to manage and manipulate the perceptions of the Chinese people, often promoting nationalism and xenophobia.”
The accusation implies that nationalism is bad if not a deadly sin in the eyes of Westerners.
After reading the report, I feel that "nationalism" is an interesting topic for this forum. In particular, the following questions can serve as starting points for the discussion:
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Westerners do not like others to be nationalistic, but they are very ethnocentric and nationalistic themselves. Though, you cannot say that every individual EuroAmericans are nationalistic. Some westerners are not really nationalistic.
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1. Is nationalism not regarded as a good value but evil in the Western World? If so, what's wrong with nationalism?
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In general, westerners are very nationalistic, but they do not admit it. Nationalism reminds them of Germany and Japan, so it has negative implications. Westerners call their own nationalistic sentiments patriotic, but call other people's nationalistic sentiments nationalism.
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2. Are Westerners not nationalistic or patriotic at all?
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Yes, they are. My experience says that western Europeans are less nationalistic. Americans are very nationalistic. Eastern Europeans are very racist.
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4. Is the above accustion in the report against China justified?
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No, it is not justified. Modern Chinese nationalism started from Repbulic of China after Qing Dynasty. It combined traditional Sinocentrism and modern western nationalism. PR China is incapable of generating or creating Nationalistic sentiments among Chinese, but it can stop suppressing, and release the long-suppressed Nationalistic sentiments out from Chinese people.
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5. There seems to be a phobia in the West over the so-called "Chinese nationalism"? Why?
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Westerners want to maintain their hegemony over the world. They are afraid of any country that they failed to impose their western values and western systems upon.
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6. Is it true that nationalism never existed in China centuries ago but is a recent phenomenon created by the Communist government?
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In ancient times, it is called Sinocentrism. 华夷体系