Seminar 23 November: ‘Mass mobilisation in China’s counter-terrorism strategy’
Published: 23 November 2022
This presentation will discuss how the history of ideological struggle in the PRC has taken on new characteristics, and offer insight into how the CCP has maintained legitimacy in the eyes of its population, even as it pursues policies which are internationally controversial, shedding light on the past and future of the behaviour of the Chinese state.
Dr Chi Zhang, University of St Andrews
Wednesday 23 November 2022 at 4–5.30pm
Location: in person, Room 139, 25 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow and online. Registration at: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMscOuhqjIvHtXq_S6nqKNleKe27iGOkwuG
How has the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sought to legitimise its counter-terrorism strategy in the eyes of its domestic and international audiences? An important element of CCP counter-terrorism policy has been the deployment of ordinary Chinese citizens, or the 'mass line,’ to create new realities on the ground. This presentation will discuss how the history of ideological struggle in the PRC has taken on new characteristics, and offer insight into how the CCP has maintained legitimacy in the eyes of its population, even as it pursues policies which are internationally controversial, shedding light on the past and future of the behaviour of the Chinese state.
Chi Zhang is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of St Andrews, and an Associate Member of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. She has published in the journals Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Politics and Religion and Asian Security. She is the editor of Human Security in China: A Post-Pandemic State and the author of Legitimacy of China’s Counter-Terrorism Approach: The Mass Line Ethos.
The Scottish Centre for China Research Seminar Programme gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the MacFie Bequest.
For more details on the SCCR Seminar Series: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/sccr/events/
First published: 23 November 2022
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