Contradiction
Edited by: Linda Jaivin, Esther Sunkyung Klein, Sharon StrangePlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
In the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the many facets of crisis—the theme of last year’s China Story Yearbook—fractured into pictures of contradiction throughout Chinese society and the Chinese sphere of influence.
Contradiction: the ancient Chinese word for the concept holds within it the image of an unstoppable spear meeting an impenetrable shield. It describes a wide range of phenomena that English might express with words like conflict, clash, paradox, incongruity, disagreement, rebuttal, opposition, and negation. This year’s Yearbook presents stories of action and reaction, of motion and resistance.
The theme of contradiction plays out in different ways across the different realms of society, culture, environment, labour, politics, and international relations. Great powers do not necessarily succeed in dominating smaller ones. The seemingly irresistible forces of authoritarianism, patriarchy, and technological control come up against energised and surprisingly resilient means of resistance or cooptation. Efforts by various authorities to establish monolithic narrative control over the past and present meet a powerful insistence on telling the story from an opposite angle. The China Story Yearbook: Contradiction offers an accessible take on this complex and contradictory moment in the history of China and of the world.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781760465223
- ISBN (online):
- 9781760465230
- Publication date:
- May 2022
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/CSY.2022
- Series:
- China Story Yearbook
- Disciplines:
- Arts & Humanities: Cultural Studies; Social Sciences: Politics & International Studies, Social Policy & Administration
- Countries:
- East Asia: China
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Introduction
- From Crisis to Contradiction: New Normals (PDF, 1.0MB) – Linda Jaivin and Esther Sunkyung Klein doi
Forum · Old Tales, New Applications
- Contradiction and the Stubborn Bystander (PDF, 0.9MB) – Esther Sunkyung Klein doi
- Patriotic Language and the Popular Use of History (PDF, 0.8MB) – Qin Yang doi
Chapter 1
- Smart Governance, Smarter Surveillance (PDF, 1.1MB) – Ausma Bernot and Susan Trevaskes doi
Forum · Justice
Chapter 2
- Kaleidoscope of Contradictions (PDF, 1.6MB) – Delia Lin doi
Focus · Labour
- The Sanhe Gods (PDF, 1.0MB) – Katherine Whitworth doi
- Overwork, Pointless Work, Avoiding Work, and Legal Work: The Contradictions of Labour (PDF, 1.1MB) – Kevin Lin doi
Chapter 3
- Purging Xinjiang’s Past (PDF, 0.9MB) – David Brophy doi
Forum · Xinjiang and the World
Focus · Environment
- Pastoralists, Zoonotic Diseases, and the Anthropocene across Inner Asia (PDF, 0.2MB) – Natasha Fijn doi
- Roaming Elephants and a Conservation Wake-Up Call (PDF, 0.8MB) – Becky Shu Chen doi
- Ulagai Wetland: A Dry and Thirsty Place (PDF, 1.0MB) – Uchralt Otede doi
Chapter 4
Forum · South-East Asia
- Seeking Stability Amid COVID and Civil Conflict (PDF, 0.8MB) – Gregory V. Raymond doi
Chapter 5
Forum · Alliums and the Seven Fairies
- How the ‘Garlic Chives’ Grieved: A Song for China’s Three-Child Policy (PDF, 1.4MB) – Annie Luman Ren doi
- The Show Must Go On: Livestreaming Intangible Cultural Heritage in China During COVID-19 (PDF, 0.8MB) – Yujie Zhu doi
Chapter 6
Forum · History and Strategy
- Taiwan and the War of Wills (PDF, 0.8MB) – Benjamin Herscovitch doi
- Making the Past into this Moment: Historical Memory in Taiwan (PDF, 1.5MB) – Craig A. Smith doi
Focus · The Pacific
- Fishy Business: China’s Mixed Signals on Sustainable Fisheries (PDF, 0.8MB) – Graeme Smith doi
- China’s Quest for a Good Image: The Pacific Example (PDF, 0.8MB) – Denghua Zhang doi
Chapter 7
- Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia in the ‘New Era of Chinese Diplomacy’ (PDF, 1.1MB) – Jason Young doi
Forum · Just Over the Border
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