Global China As Method

Is China part of the world? Based on much of the political, media, and popular discourse in the West the answer is seemingly no. Even after four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be underpinned by a core assumption: that the country represents a fundamentally different 'other' that somehow exists outside the 'real' world. Either implicitly or explicitly, China is generally depicted as an external force with the potential to impact on the 'normal' functioning of things. This core assumption, of China as an orientalised, externalised, and separate 'other', ultimately produces a distorted image of both China and the world. This Element seeks to illuminate the ways in which the country and people form an integral part of the global capitalist system. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

1. Chinese Labour in a Global Perspective; 2. Digital Dystopias; 3. Xinjiang; 4. Belts and Roads; 5. The Academe.

Summary

After four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be framed by a core assumption: that the country represents a fundamentally different and separate 'other'. This Element seeks to illuminate the ways in which China and it's people form an integral part of the global capitalist system.

Foreword

This Element examines the ways in which China and it's people form an integral part of the global capitalist system.

Product details

• Authors: Ivan Franceschini, Ivan (Australian National University Franceschini, Nicholas Loubere, Loubere Nicholas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781108995566
• ISBN: 978-1-108-99556-6
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Global China
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state