Globalization and Cultural Trends in China

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Globalization and Cultural Trends in China is written by Kang Liu and published by University of Hawaii Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0824827597 (ISBN 10) and 9780824827595 (ISBN 13).

In this timely work, Liu Kang argues that globalization in China is both a historical condition in which the country's gaige kaifang (reform and opening up) has unfolded and a set of values or ideologies by which it and the rest of the globe are judged. Moreover, globalization signals a significant ascendancy of culture. Liu examines China's current ideological struggles in political discourse, intellectual debate, popular culture, avant-garde literature, the news media, and the internet. With careful textual analysis and observation informed by critical theories and cultural studies, he offers a forceful critique of the Chinese version of globalism that privileges economic development at the expense of social justice and equality.