Civil Society in China: How Society Speaks to the State by Runya Qiaoan

Author:Runya Qiaoan [Qiaoan, Runya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Political Science, World, Sociology, Asian, General
ISBN: 9781000449815
Google: 0F5CEAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 57566207
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-09-30T00:00:00+00:00

In contrast to the American Dream, the Chinese Dream is not only about personal achievement, but even more about “national rejuvenation.” In this way, the article links nationalism and patriotism with people's society instead of civil society. The century of humiliation has left a deep trauma within the Chinese population, which serves as a strong basis for nationalism. Therefore, it is not surprising that nationalism and patriotism still play a large role in contemporary Chinese public discourse.

Besides the symbolic code of Chinese versus foreign, a second binary from the background representations—public versus private—also appears in this article. While people's society is about the entire population, civil society is only about citizens or those with property; while people's society is socialism, civil society is capitalism; while people's society focuses on the public, civil society focuses on the private (Qiaoan 2019). The following excerpt is illustrative of this position:

Compared with civil society in the West, people's society is composed of basic principles such as public ownership, public welfare, fairness, and justice. The “public” is opposite to the “private” and “people” are the opposite of “citizens.” “Citizens” highlights private rights/selfishness; “people” highlights public interest and public welfare […]

(Hu 2013)

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