The Hong Kong Protests and Tianxia: The Ethno-Nationalist and Historical Origins of Modern and Emerging Visions of Chinese Identity and the Struggle for a Different Future

Edward Niedbalski

《Journal of Futures Studies》 25卷1期 (2020/09) Pp. 5-17

https://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.202009_25(1).0002

摘要

The protests which erupted in Hong Kong in 2019 are indicative of the emerging differences in worldviews and descriptive metaphors as they pertain to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on the issues of Chinese nationalism and ethnic identity. The people of Hong Kong and Taiwan have come to view themselves as having distinct worldviews and growing divergent futures visions for their homelands and regions which are separate from China's. The 'One China' policy is on the other hand the modern iteration of the ancient concept of 'Tianxia', which serves as the historical, philosophical, and ethno-nationalist basis for attempting to reintegrate all Chinese lands and peoples under one government as the fulfilment of a 'Greater China' vision. The desire for a different future separate from the control of China has become the basis and symbolic driver of the Hong Kong protests of 2019-20. Causal Layered Analysis will be utilized to explore emerging/diverging metaphors of ethno-nationalist futures visions of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

關鍵字

Tianxia ； Hong Kong Protests ； Taiwan ； Identity ； Ethno-nationalism ； Futures ； One-China Policy ； Causal Layered Analysis