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The Chinese Journal of International Politics 2007 1(3):347-371; doi:10.1093/cjip/pom002
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© The Author 2007.

The Impact of Foreign Threat on the Formation of Chinese and Indian Nationalism*

Alex Liebman{dagger}

{dagger} Corresponding author. Email: alexander.liebman@gmail.com

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India and China have experienced waves of intense nationalism since their respective Independence and Liberation in the late 1940s. The types of nationalism that have surged in each country, however, have taken strikingly different forms. In China, nationalism has been almost exclusively directed against outsiders—notably the United States and Japan—and ‘imperialism’ and ‘hegemonism’ in general. India's nationalism, on the other hand, has primarily consisted of Hindu nationalists mobilizing against a group within their own country, namely Muslims. Chinese nationalism emphasizes historical ‘humiliation’ at the hands of the West, yet India's nationalism is disconnected from its experience of British colonization. To make a variant on the distinction first made by Hans Kohn, China could be said to exhibit ‘state’ nationalism while India has seen the emergence of ‘ethnic’ nationalism.1

Why should this be the case? At first glance, it is not obvious that nationalism in India—a country with a long history . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   What is Nationalism?
 
Ethnic Nationalism Versus State Nationalism

Elite Opinion Versus Mass Nationalism

Why Compare China and India?

Measurement


   Nationalism in China and India in the 1990s
 
China

India

Is it Really About Nationalism?


   Regime Type
 

   Ethnic Composition, Location, and Behaviour
 

   Foreign Threat
 
Variance Across Space: Structure of the Foreign Threat Compared

Variance Across Time: China

Variance Across Time: India


   Conclusion and Implications
 

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