An edition of 49 myths about China
(2015)
49 myths about China
by Marte Kjær Galtung
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Table of Contents
Part I. The party
Myth 1: Communism is dead in China
Myth 2: China is centrally controlled
Myth 3: The leadership is deeply divided
Myth 4: The Communist Party is a monolith
Myth 5: The military is gaining political influence
Myth 6: The Communist regime lacks legitimacy
Myth 7: The Falun Gong is an apolitical movement that is persecuted for its religious beliefs
Myth 8: Chinese media is just a mouthpiece of the Communist Party
Part II. The people
Myth 9: Chinese culture is incompatible with democracy
Myth 10: Chinese have no manners
Myth 11: Chinese people are not altruistic
Myth 12: The individual has no value, only the collective does
Myth 13: All Chinese are only children
Myth 14: The Chinese people are homogeneous
Myth 15: Communism has created gender equality in China
Myth 16: The Chinese are atheists
Myth 17: Shanghai is more liberal than Beijing
Part III. Business and the economy
Myth 18: "China Inc." is buying up the world
Myth 19: China has the United States over a barrel
Myth 20: China's economy is export-driven
Myth 21: Chinese people are born moneymakers
Myth 22: The Chinese don't take risks
Myth 23: The Chinese are just copycats
Myth 24: The state hinders economic development in China
Myth 25: Unequal distribution of wealth is a source of social and political unrest
Myth 26: All economic development is happening in the big cities on China's east coast
Part IV. China and the world
Myth 27: The Chinese are racist
Myth 28: The Communist Party is kindling nationalism
Myth 29: China will once again dominate East Asia
Myth 30: China is colonizing Africa
Myth 31: China is an environmental baddie
Myth 32: The Chinese could tame North Korea...if they wanted to
Myth 33: China does not interfere in other states' internal affairs
Part V. The past
Myth 34: China's history spans five millennia
Myth 35: China is called the "Middle Kingdom" because Chinese people believe their country is the center of the world
Myth 36: China discovered the world in 1421
Myth 37: All women were oppressed in ancient China
Myth 38: China has no warrior culture
Myth 39: Chinese history goes in circles
Myth 40: Tibet was a "Shangri-La" until the Chinese came
Myth 41: Mao was a monster
Myth 42: The Chinese do not care about their own historical heritage
Part VI. The future
Myth 43: The Internet will topple the Communist Party
Myth 44: The end of the Communist regime is near
Myth 45: The Chinese are masters of long-term thinking
Myth 46: The RMB will eclipse the dollar as the world's reserve currency
Myth 47: China is a military threat
Myth 48: Chinese will replace English as the world's language
Myth 49: The twenty-first century belongs to China.
Edition Notes
Translation from the Norwegian of: 49 myter om Kina.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.
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