New China’ or ‘New America’

The American media myth of ‘new China’, 1911–1913

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ID12604347
AuthorsYi Guo (0000-0001-8622-2314, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume25
Issue2
Pages145-162
Publication date2016-09-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-8804 • E-ISSN: 1469-9729
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13688804.2016.1229124
OpenAlexW2523396337
LanguageEN
References cited25

This article examines the American-mediated myth of ‘new China’ spanning from the Chinese Revolution in 1911 to the American recognition of the Chinese Republic in 1913, in an effort to understand the complicated relations between news discourse, cultural issues and foreign relations in this particular historical context. The Chinese Revolution, overthrowing a deep-rooted feudalism and establishing an Americanized republican government, appealed to American sentiments of religious sympathy and ethnocentrism during the Progressive Era. The media myth of ‘new China’ was not only a significant part of discourses which enhanced American identity and nationalism, but also acted as the cognitive context and a determinant reason in the political discourse towards recognizing China

China · Context (archaeology · Ethnocentrism · Feudalism · Media studies · Mythology · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sympathy · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Law

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