Governing Taiwan and Tibet: Democratic Approaches

Problematises China's current policies towards Tibet and Taiwan and offers a fresh democratic approachWhen it comes to talking about democracy in China, Chinese nationalists argue that it cannot solve China's problems, while Chinese liberals remain unduly silenced. But China is facing a na...

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Main Author: He, Baogang (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
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Summary:Problematises China's current policies towards Tibet and Taiwan and offers a fresh democratic approachWhen it comes to talking about democracy in China, Chinese nationalists argue that it cannot solve China's problems, while Chinese liberals remain unduly silenced. But China is facing a national identity crisis, compounded by Tibet and Taiwan, where significant proportions of both populations do not identify with the Chinese nation-state. Could democracy realistically address the problems in China's national identity?Baogang He opens up a dialogue in which Chinese liberals can offer viable alternatives in defence of key democratic principles and governance. He upholds the search for a political space in which democratic governance in China can feasibly be developed.Problematises existing hard-liners' realist policies towards Tibet and Taiwan by examining how democracy can or cannot provide an answerExamines the different meanings, practices, institutions and various impacts of democracy with regards to the problem of China's national identityPresents the difficulties and obstacles to the democratic approach to the respective Tibet and Taiwan questions
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780748699728
DOI:10.1515/9780748699728

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