Chapter Constructing a desired image of China: Picture of territorial controversies in Chinese language textbooks
China is one of the Asian countries, whose borders are contested by different actors on the geopolitical stage, who do not agree on the Chinese version of geography. As China is strengthening its soft power, one of the tools for the spreading of the Chinese version of the map of Asia are textbooks f...
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| description | China is one of the Asian countries, whose borders are contested by different actors on the geopolitical stage, who do not agree on the Chinese version of geography. As China is strengthening its soft power, one of the tools for the spreading of the Chinese version of the map of Asia are textbooks for teaching the Chinese language. Since 2004 China has been setting up Confucius Institutes around the world to spread its language and culture. There are some concerns and controversies arousing around Confucius Institutes, seen as Chinese government-backed institutions present on Western universities, and questions about their role in creating Chinese soft power. The purpose of this article is to understand one aspect of language education, that is how the Chinese territory is shown to the students of the Chinese language in the textbooks that are used in the Confucius Institutes. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1546582025-03-07T13:29:06Z Chapter Constructing a desired image of China: Picture of territorial controversies in Chinese language textbooks Wardęga, Joanna Chinese foreign policy women’s economy regional security nuclear tests military reform economic cooperation image of China China is one of the Asian countries, whose borders are contested by different actors on the geopolitical stage, who do not agree on the Chinese version of geography. As China is strengthening its soft power, one of the tools for the spreading of the Chinese version of the map of Asia are textbooks for teaching the Chinese language. Since 2004 China has been setting up Confucius Institutes around the world to spread its language and culture. There are some concerns and controversies arousing around Confucius Institutes, seen as Chinese government-backed institutions present on Western universities, and questions about their role in creating Chinese soft power. The purpose of this article is to understand one aspect of language education, that is how the Chinese territory is shown to the students of the Chinese language in the textbooks that are used in the Confucius Institutes. 2025-03-07T13:29:04Z 2025-03-07T13:29:04Z 2017 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788380887596_83 9788380887596 9788380887589 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/154658 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/1079 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8088-758-9.13 10.18778/8088-758-9.13 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788380887596 9788380887589 215-232 open access |
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| topic | Chinese foreign policy women’s economy regional security nuclear tests military reform economic cooperation image of China |
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