El discurso oficial de la clase media china: ansiedad, nacionalismo y populismo

• Alfonso Sánchez-Romera ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, ISSN 0210-5233, Nº 176, 2021, págs. 141-156
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5477/cis/reis.176.141
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The official discourse of the Chinese middle class: anxiety, nationalism and populism
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  • español

    Desde principios del siglo xxi surge en la República Popular de China un discurso oficial de clase media en cuya difusión los medios de comunicación han desempeñado un papel clave. A partir del análisis de noticias publicadas en Renmin Wang ([Diario del] Pueblo en Línea), la versión digital del periódico oficial del Partido Comunista Chino (PCC), se determinará la aparición y construcción del discurso de la clase media china en aras de responder a la cuestión ¿para qué el PCC promueve el discurso oficial de la clase media en China? Los resultados sugieren que el Estado-Partido legitima su autoridad en China a través de diferentes posturas basadas en un nacionalismo populista que fomenta una nueva identidad acorde a los valores neoliberales donde encaja el discurso sobre la clase media.

  • English

    The media have played a key role in the dissemination of an official middle-class discourse that emerged in the People’s Republic of China two decades ago. The emergence and construction of a middle-class discourse in China will be analysed through news items published in Renmin Wang (People’s Daily Online), the digital version of the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in order to answer the question: why does the CCP promote an official middle-class discourse in China? The findings suggest that the Party-State legitimises its authority by taking different stances based on a populist nationalism that fosters a new identity consistent with neoliberal values, which goes hand in hand with the discourse of the middle class.

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