Beijing May Evoke Patriotism If Bullied
1999.05.11¡@2:47am Taiwan time updated
Singapore, May 10 (CNA) Evoking mainland Chinese nationalism will become an important factor in future policy-making maneuvers by Beijing if there is evidence of unjustified foreign hostility toward mainland China, the head of a think tank in Singapore has warned.
"China has been deeply affected ... by the idea that the world will be dominated by, if not dependent on, one superpower -- the United States," said Professor Wang Gungwu, director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore.
In his monograph on mainland China and Southeast Asia, a copy of which was obtained by The Straits Times on Sunday, Wang said that mainland leaders are reminded by their own history that, when many states struggle for power and wealth, it is crucial to guard against a sole power emerging to dominate the others.
"They are not sure that the present situation is analogous to the past, but they have found the idea helpful in their own analysts of future relations with the US," he said.
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