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1、TheConstructionofChineseandNon-ChineseIdentitiesAuthor(s):DavidYen-hoWuSource:Daedalus,Vol.120,No.2,TheLivingTree:TheChangingMeaningofBeingChineseToday(Spring,1991),pp.159-179Publishedby:TheMITPressonbehalfofAmericanAcademyofArts&SciencesStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/20025378.Accessed:09/
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4、loadedfrom161.45.205.103onFri,9Aug201313:24:00PMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsDavidYen-hoWuTheConstructionofChineseandNon-ChineseIdentitiesConceptsofChineseandnon-ch?neseastheChineseperceivethemarecomplicated.ThesingleEnglishwordChinesenotonlymissescertainmeaningsbutmaycauseconfusion.InCh
5、inese,inboththespokenandthewrittenlanguage,manytermsareusedtoreflectracial,cultural,ethnic,andnationalattributes(zhongguoren,zhonghuaminzu,huaren,huaqiao,tangren,honren,andsoon).Thesetermshaveevolvedthroughtime;somearerecentlyinvented;someoriginatedbeforetheChristianera,butarestillpopularamongChi
6、nese.Suchsingulartermsalone,however,cannotdescribethecomplexsituationsofChineseidentity.Themodernculturalconceptof"Chinese,"forexample,mustbeunderstoodinthecontextofChina'srecentpoliticalhistory.InordertocreateamodernidentitytocopewithconditionscreatedbyChina'sconfrontationwiththeWesternworld,the
7、Chinesewereobligedtodealwithforeignconcepts,includingthatofnation,state,sovereignty,citizenship,andrace;morerecently,withculturalandethnicidentity.Chineseofficialsandintellectualssincetheendofthenineteenthcenturyhaveha
