Chapter 1: China as an Image: History, Structure and Perspectives
Some sections of Chapter 1 appeared as ‘Modernity and Media Portrayals of China’, Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 22, No. 1 (2012). It is extensively modified and updated.
The following sections are included:
China and the West: Relations vs. Images
Representing China: Key Perspectives
Modernity as a Grand Narrative
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