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Confucius institutes and China's national identity

conference contribution
posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by Guo-Qiang Liu
This article examines China’s Confucius Institute program, a significant language policy and planning initiative. I adopt a political perspective in looking into the birth of this language policy initiative, focusing on its role in reconstructing China’s national identity in the context of its rise and its international relations. I explore the background against which the Confucius Institute initiative was formed, and analyse how the Confucius Institute initiative was received in the West and how China responded to it. I argue that China is undergoing a reconstruction of its national identity and the Confucius Institute initiative is a major part of this effort. I suggest that such a reconstruction of national identity is an interactive process with an outcome resulting from China’s negotiation with the international community, involving China stating a new position, listening to international responses, clarifying and elaborating upon its position until its new position is accepted by the international community.

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Event

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. Conference ( 2012 : Perth, W.A.)

Pagination

505 - 524

Publisher

Curtin University

Location

Perth, W.A.

Place of publication

Perth, W. A.

Start date

2012-11-12

End date

2012-11-14

ISBN-13

9780987415820

Language

eng

Notes

About the conference : http://www.promaco.com.au/events/ALAA2012/program.html

Publication classification

E1.1 Full written paper - refereed

Title of proceedings

ALAA 2012 : Proceedings of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia 2012 Conference

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