Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2011
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Major
International Studies
First Advisor
Jeffrey Bayliss
Second Advisor
Janet Bauer
Third Advisor
Vijay Prashad
Abstract
This thesis explores Chinese Communist Party's political use of history as a fuction to conduce patriotism and to legitimize Party rule. The research initially focused on how anti-Japanese sentiments have grown in China since the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989 and after the esablishment of a new educational system in 1991. It then explores the impact of CCP's bias referral to conservative Japanese textbooks and views of history. These studies suggested that under the Patriotic Education Campagin and CCP's representation of Japanese right wing textbooks in China, the state has established methods to control the anti-Japanese sentiments to take focus away from domestic issues, overall contributing to the current unstable Sino-Japanese relations.
Recommended Citation
Somemiya, Christine, "Legacy of Tiananmen: The Sino-Japanese Relationship Post 1989". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2011.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/7
Comments
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.