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Discussions of Chinese nationalism or national identity usually take the turn of the twentieth century as the decisive point in a transition from an ideology of “culturalism” (the claim of China’s central position in and cultural superiority over the world) to the ideology of “nationalism” (the idea that China figures as one among many nation-states) and for the emergence of Chinese nationalism. They substantiate this claim with the fact that the very terms “nation” (minzu) and “nationalism” (minzuzhuyt) appeared in the early 1900s in China, and quickly became key terms in the political discussions of the following years and even decades.1
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Spakowski, N. (2009). China in the World: Constructions of a Chinese Identity in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century. In: Künnemann, V., Mayer, R. (eds) Trans-Pacific Interactions. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230101302_4
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