Political Communications in Greater China: The Construction and Reflection of Identity

by Rawnsley; Gary D

• ISBN13: 9780700717347
• ISBN10: 070071734X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-21
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

This book examines the role played by political communications, including media of all kinds - journalism, television, and film - in defining and shaping identity in Greater China; China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas Chinese. In the context of increasing cross-border interactions of people, investment and commercial products between the component parts of greater China, the book explores the idea that identity, rather than nation-states or political entities, may be the key factor in achieving further integration in Greater China. The book focuses on the ways in which identity is communicated, and shows how communication of identity within and between the component parts of greater China plays a central role in bringing about integration.

Table of Contents

list of illustrations	viii
list of contributors	ix
Introduction	1	(9)
Gary D. Rawnsley
Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley
The meaning and significance of Greater China	10	(29)
John F. Copper
PART I The People's Republic of China	39	(62)
Peddling party ideology for a profit: media and the rise of Chinese nationalism in the 1990s	41	(21)
Yu Huang
Chin-Chuan Lee
Modern political communication in China	62	(21)
Neil Renwick
Qing Cao
What Chinese journalists believe about journalism	83	(18)
Hugo De Burgh
PART II Taiwan	101	(66)
'As edifying as a bout of mud wrestling': the 2000 presidential election campaign in Taiwan	103	(21)
Gary D. Rawnsley
Gender and party politics: case study of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan	124	(23)
Bey-Ling Sha
Communications of identity in Taiwan: from the February 28th incident to the Formosa Television Corporation	147	(20)
Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley
PART III Hong Kong	167	(70)
The media in Hong Kong: on the horns of a dilemma	169	(21)
Willy Wo-Lap Lam
Media economics of the Hong Kong press in political transition: towards a new viable political economy	190	(25)
Anthony Fung
Directing Hong Kong: the politics of contemporary cinema	215	(22)
Andrew M. J. Brown
PART IV The overseas Chinese	237	(80)
Is there a British Chinese public sphere?	239	(22)
David Parker
Children, media and the public sphere in Chinese Australia	261	(14)
Yingchi Chu
Stephanie Hemelryk Donald
Andrea Witcomb
Talking about Jet Li: transnational Chinese movie stardom and Asian American Internet reception	275	(18)
Julian Stringer
Conclusion	292	(1)
Greater China, globalisation and emancipation	293	(24)
Neil Renwick
Index	317