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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1479591423000463
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CCP; China's rise; Chinese Australia; interview; second-generation immigrants
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This paper analyzes interview results with second-generation Chinese immigrants in Australia to examine their attitudes towards China's rise. The findings reveal a complex attitude, with a sense of pride in China's economic success but also critical evaluation of political and social issues, as well as awareness of their marginal position in Chinese society.
China's rise has been discussed in various ways, but only recently has scholarship started to examine it in relation to overseas Chinese, as politicians and commentators outside China, as well as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) itself and some scholars on smart power have come to realize their importance as political messengers of China. This paper analyses interview results with second-generation Chinese immigrants in Australia in tertiary education to examine how they are telling the China story. The results reveal this cohort's complex attitudes towards China's rise. On the one hand, they are proud of China's rise, especially in economic terms, and their socio-cultural attachment to it. On the other, they critically evaluate political and social issues in China, and are aware of their marginal position in Chinese society. These findings argue against the oversimplistic approach that regards Chinese immigrants as a homogenous group acting as political messengers of the CCP.
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