Han-Centrism and Multiethnic Nation-Building in China and Taiwan
A Comparative Study since 1911
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11047465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Leibold (0000-0002-3097-7571, La Trobe University, corresponding author), Yu-Wen Chen (0000-0002-7708-9627, University of Helsinki), Julie Yu-Wen Chen (Mahidol University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 983-1000 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2024.86 |
| OpenAlex | W4404488123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
Although the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, also known as Taiwan) and their ruling parties have altered over time, there are quite a few similarities between their models of nation-building, more than is commonly acknowledged. The guofu (father) of the modern Chinese state, Sun Yat-sen, one of the few political leaders who is still honored on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, claimed all the peoples and territories of the former Qing empire comprised a single national community, the so-called Zhonghua minzu. Yet a Han super-majority has long sat at the center of this national imaginary. In this article, we ask what has happened to Sun’s imagined community across the last century, and how it has evolved in the two competing Chinese states the PRC and the ROC. We seek to demonstrate the enduring challenge of Han-centrism for multiethnic nation-building in both countries, while illustrating how shifts in domestic and international politics are altering this national imaginary and the place of ethnocultural diversity within it
China · Diversity (politics · Economic history · Empire · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · The Imaginary · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Gender Studies · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law
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Multiculturalism through a lens
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Multiculturalism in taiwan
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Chinese Nationalism
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Minority Nationalities as Frankenstein’s Monsters? Reshaping “the Chinese Nation” and China’s Quest to Become a “Normal Country
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The Rise of Han‐Centrism and What It Means for International Politics
China's Ethnic Minorities and Globalisation
Coming to Terms with the Nation
Global Hakka
Diaspora, Identity and Cultural Citizenship
Racial Diversity and the Dynamics of Authoritarianism
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |