Cultural Relics

2020 ◽  
pp. 175-216
Author(s):  
Gregory Adam Scott
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Buddhist Culture ◽  
Cultural Relics

This final chapter looks at the first seventeen years of the People’s Republic of China, during which time over a hundred Buddhist sites were repaired or rebuilt. These sites were put to use as showcases for Buddhist culture in New China and as stages for cultural diplomacy with other Asian countries that shared a Buddhist past. Two sites examined in some detail are Guangji Monastery and Yonghe Temple, both in the new capital of Beijing. A key question is how Buddhist monasteries fit into the new bureaucracy; as the cases of these two monasteries demonstrate, the reconstructions were intended to create static monuments to cultural heritage, not living religious communities.

Cultural security of minorities under threat. The situation of the Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China

2021 ◽  
Vol 202 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-733
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Szyszlak
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The State ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Fundamental Significance

The main objective of the article is to analyse the state of cultural security of the Uyghur minority. Due to the fundamental significance of identity and culture for the functioning of national minorities, it belongs from their perspective to the most crucial sectors of security, especially since a whole range of threats concerns it. The text uses the case study method, and the situation of the Uyghur minority in the People’s Republic of China has been chosen as an example. The following parts of the study define the terms used in the article, characterize the Uyghur minority, and indicate the most critical threats to its cultural security. These include the processes of migration together with the accompanying processes of urbanization and industrialization, the destruction of cultural heritage, threats in the area of culture and education, and dangers related to the state’s policy towards Islam and the potential radicalization of its Uyghur followers.

People's Republic of China as an Engine of Growth for Developing Asia?

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donghyun Park ◽  
Kwanho Shin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The United States ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Positive Effect

Developing Asia has traditionally relied on exports to the United States and other industrialized countries for demand and growth. As a result, the collapse of exports to the United States and other industrialized countries during the 2008–09 global financial crisis has sharply curtailed GDP growth across the region. The emergence of the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a globally influential economic force is fueling hopes that it can supplement the United States as an additional source of demand and growth. The central objective of this paper is to investigate whether exports to the PRC has a significant and positive effect on the GDP of eight developing Asian countries. Although the study's results indicate that exports to the PRC contributed to developing Asian countries' recovery from the global crisis, it is far too early to make well-informed judgments about the PRC's ability to support Asia's growth in the medium and long term.

From ‘Panda Diplomacy’ to Acrobat Diplomacy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Deng Xiaoping ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
International Exposition ◽  
Positive Impression ◽  
Western Nations ◽  
Mao Era

After a long absence from the international exposition stage, China (now the People’s Republic of China or PRC) under the leadership of marketfriendly Deng Xiaoping, sought to leave a strong, positive impression on its Australian neighbors at the Brisbane ’88 Expo. Australia was one of the first Western nations to deepen its relationship with China in the post-Mao era, and by 1988 the Australian public was enthralled by the ‘terracotta warriors’ and their acrobatic troupes, long a centerpiece of cultural diplomacy. China’s modes of self-representation reflected what Australian admired about the country and just a year before Tiananmen, the PRC offered up a play banned during the Cultural Revolution (1966- 1976), hinting at a more open, democratic future that was not to be.

Reawakening Maitreya

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin R. Ritzinger
Keyword(s):  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
New Wave ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Study Association

The final chapter examines the legacy of the reformist cult of Maitreya in the contemporary period. In the People’s Republic of China, state interests and heavy regulation of religion has accelerated some developments and inhibited others. Xuedou shan has developed rapidly into a large and powerful institution, while a new wave of Maitreya Study Associations in China has faltered. In Taiwan, full liberalization has allowed new organizations to spring up, pursuing novel modes of propagation. These include Daci shan, the Taiwan Maitreya Study Association, and the Bade Maitreya Lodge. The chapter argues, however, that the greatest impact may actually be seen outside of Buddhism in Yiguan dao and its offshoot Maitreya Great Way.

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