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Zheng Wang, director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Seton Hall University, said the ideological re-education campaign had largely succeeded in forging a national identity based on a narrative that is part myth, part trauma.
Mr. Xi has taken that narrative further in promoting “the Chinese Dream,” an emotional appeal for national rejuvenation and military greatness.
“The humiliation narrative is a very important part of China’s identity formation, but I didn’t expect President Xi to continue on the same track, as his China has already risen to be a major world power,” Professor Wang said. “In fact, the current administration has been giving even more emphasis to that narrative.”
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