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1、Draft–Pleasedonotciteordistributewithoutpermissionoftheauthor.HistoryEducation,DomesticPropaganda,andChina’sInternationalBehaviourZhengWangSetonHallUniversityAbstractThispaperdiscussestheinconsistencybetweenBeijing’scurrentforeignpolicyanditslong-standingdomestichistoryeducationandpropaganda.Ononeh

2、and,acooperativerelationshipwiththewesterncountriesandaprofessional,openandactivediplomacywillserveChina’snationalinterests.Butontheotherhand,artificiallycreatinganenemyimageandwillfulpoliticalusageofhistoryandmemoryarestillimportantstrategiesfortheregimetobothincreaseinternalcohesionandstrengtheni

3、tslegitimacyforrulingChina.ThepaperinitiallyexamineshowtheChinesegovernmentconductshistoryandideologicaleducation.ItthenexploresthelinkagesandimpactofthedomesticpropagandaandhistoryeducationonChina’sinternationalbehaviours.CONTACTINFORMATION:ZhengWang,Ph.D.AssistantProfessorJohnC.WhiteheadSchoolofD

4、iplomacyandInternationalRelationsSetonHallUniversity400SouthOrangeAvenueSouthOrange,NJ07079USA973-275-2003/phone973-275-2519/faxE-mail:wangzhen@shu.eduHistoryEducation,DomesticPropaganda,andChina'sForeignPolicyZhengWangSetonHallUniversityIntherecentfiveorsixyears,Chineseforeignpolicyhasseensomeimpo

5、rtantchanges.IfwecompareBeijing’snewdiplomacywithitspastpractices,manymayagreethata1morematureand“normal”foreignpolicyisinthemakinginBeijing.Forexample,theChinesehavemovedsignificantlyfromitsprevious“moralhighground”toamuchmorenormalortypicalforeign-policypositionthatrecognizesexplicitlythattheyhav

6、enationalinterests;Whendealingwithdisputeswithothercountries,ChinahasgraduallydiscardedMao’smentalityofpowerstruggleandzero-sumconfrontationandhasbeguntotakeamorecooperativeandproblem-solvingattitude.Asaresult,Chinaisbecomingamoreresponsibleandpredictableplayerininternationalaffairs;Chineseforeignp

7、olicybehaviorinrecentyearshasalsoshownagreaterdegreeofconfidenceandsophistication.Thegovernmenthasgraduallyabandoneditstraditionalpassivepostureinfavorofamoreactiveroleinmultilateraldiplomacy.However,thesec