Nationalism in China: The Xuanzang Temple Incident in Nanjing

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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_41How to use a DOI?

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Nationalism; The Nanjing Massacre; Internet Nationalism

Abstract

In July 2022, a citizen of Nanjing exposed the memorial tablet of Japanese war criminals enshrined in Xuanzang temple, which caused an great uproar on the Internet and offline. The government and the police responded quickly to the matter, dealt with the temple involved and detained Aping Wu. The thesis starts with this event, analyzes development of nationalism in modern China by studying the online and offline behavior of Chinese residents and combine with China’s modern history. The final results of the study shows that Chinese nationalism has flourished since the beginning of 21st century because of the Internet. Currently, it is still the mainstream. In a sense, nationalism in China has both merits and disadvantages. It can improve the cohesion of the country to a certain extent. However, because of historical legacy factors, it often leads to the extreme of public opinion.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bolin Ji
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/02/13
TI  - Nationalism in China: The Xuanzang Temple Incident in Nanjing
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 329
EP  - 334
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_41
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_41
ID  - Ji2023
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