Panda-Huggers and Dragon-Slayers: How to View Modern China Today

Panda-Huggers and Dragon-Slayers: How to View Modern China Today

  1. Social Education
  2. Social Education January/February 2010
  3. Panda-Huggers and Dragon-Slayers: How to View Modern China Today

Authors:

Rob Gifford

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Social Education January/February 2010

Special Section:China Today: Teaching about a Changing Cultural Landscape

Two extreme positions that have long characterized outsider views of China--panda-hugger or dragon-slayer--have become increasingly untenable in the context of contemporary China.