Globalization and Cultural Trends in China

Globalization and Cultural Trends in China
Author: Kang Liu
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2003-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 082484470X


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In this timely work, Liu Kang argues that globalization in China is both a historical condition in which the country's gaige kaifang (reform and opening up) has unfolded and a set of values or ideologies by which it and the rest of the globe are judged. Moreover, globalization signals a significant ascendancy of culture. Liu examines China's current ideological struggles in political discourse, intellectual debate, popular culture, avant-garde literature, the news media, and the internet. With careful textual analysis and observation informed by critical theories and cultural studies, he offers a forceful critique of the Chinese version of globalism that privileges economic development at the expense of social justice and equality.