Double-Speaking Human Rights
Analyzing Human Rights Conception in Chinese Politics (1989–2015)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12422676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Titus C Chen (0000-0001-8655-1927, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan), Chia-Hao Hsu (0000-0003-4916-2871, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 112 |
| Pages | 534-553 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10670564.2018.1433487 |
| OpenAlex | W2790390116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
What does human rights mean to the Chinese government in the post-Tiananmen era? Has the way by which Beijing conceptualizes human rights changed over time? What policies and practices have Beijing’s human rights conception privileged or delegitimized? The article takes on these intriguing questions by analyzing human rights stories in the People’s Daily. The research applies the methods of text analytics and discourse analysis to shed light on the Party-state’s effort of incorporating and reformulating the idea of human rights. It is found that, since 1989, the Chinese government has developed two major conceptions of human rights. Throughout the 1990s, human rights had been understood mainly as a source of regime threat and insecurity, hence requiring containment and rejection. Beginning in the early 2000s, an alternative argument was constructed that conceptualizes human rights as the governing capacity of the Party-state, hence deserving reception and acclamation. The rights-as-capacity argument has developed side-by-side with the rights-as-threat conception, resulting in an illiberal and dualistic rights regime in Chinese politics
Argument (complex analysis · Beijing · China · Fundamental rights · Government (linguistics · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Right to property · Rights of Nature · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |