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

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. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 list of illustrations......Page 9 list of contributors......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 The meaning and significance of Greater China......Page 23 The People's Republic of China......Page 52 Peddling party ideology for a profit: media and the rise of Chinese nationalism in the 1990s......Page 54 Modern political communication in China......Page 75 What Chinese journalists believe about journalism......Page 96 Taiwan......Page 114 'As edifying as a bout of mud wrestling': the 2000 presidential election campaign in Taiwan......Page 116 Gender and party politics: case study of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan......Page 137 Communications of identity in Taiwan: from the February 28th incident to the Formosa Television Corporation......Page 160 Hong Kong......Page 180 The media in Hong Kong: on the horns of a dilemma......Page 182 Media economics of the Hong Kong press in political transition: towards a new viable political economy......Page 203 Directing Hong Kong: the politics of contemporary cinema......Page 228 The overseas Chinese......Page 250 Is there a British Chinese public sphere?......Page 252 Children, media and the public sphere in Chinese Australia......Page 274 Talking about Jet Li: transnational Chinese movie stardom and Asian American Internet reception......Page 288 Conclusion......Page 305 Greater China, globalisation and emancipation......Page 306 Index......Page 330 Examines the role played by political communications in a variety of media, in defining and shaping identity in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and amongst overseas Chinese