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What is a Guojia?

October 17th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Southern Weekend essayist Chang Ping has written a piece on national responsibility in which he unpacks the term “guojia,” arguing that the multitude of meanings associated with the word have important ideological implications. 
Translation by David Bandurski at China Media Project:
Before the National Holiday editors at Southern Weekend had asked me to explore a set of questions: “What [...]

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