A notice carried in the Apple Daily depicting people from mainland China as locusts and a Peking University professor’s use of the word dogs to describe people in Hong Kong were among several incidents which brought to global attention conflicting ideologies of national identity and discriminatory practices among certain groups in Hong Kong and mainland China. As newspaper texts ‘constitute a sensitive barometer of sociocultural change’ (Fairclough, 1995, p.52) this dissertation investigated the coverage of these incidents in two Hong Kong papers (the SCMP and the Standard) and two Chinese papers (the China Daily and the Global Times) by analyzing a corpus of 279 texts to find evidence whether the papers reproduce or resist discrimination and/or promote certain ideologies of national identity. To ensure the validity of the study a triangulation of analytical methods was used. This study utilizes approaches to textual analysis from the ‘dialectal-relational’ framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough 1993, 2003, 2009; Richardson 2007), corpus linguistics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff and Johnson 1980; Kövecses 2002). The findings show that while there was no overt evidence for conflicting ideologies of national identity or of discrimination toward the general population of Hong Kong or mainland China, all of the papers to some degree appear to discriminate against women from mainland China who come to give birth in Hong Kong. It was concluded from this that to some extent the papers reflect the interests and concerns of the status quo who desire a smooth integration of Hong Kong into mainland China. / published_or_final_version / Applied English Studies / Master / Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

This thesis illustrates a general sense of national identity within the Taiwanese people brought on by the Kuomintang (KMT) and existing throughout the KMT's reign over the island, and contrasts this with the new identity that came to exist in the post-KMT period. Comparisons are centered around two works of literature: Sayonara, Zaijian!, written in 1979 by Chunming Huang, and My Diary of Japanomania, written in 1999 by Hari Xingzi. Louis Althusser's view of history-based on structural materialism, complexity and overdetermination---will be employed to discuss and explain the contrast between Sayonara, Zaijian! and My Diary of Japanomania in order to discover how national subject is formed and how it interacts within ideology.

Thesis (M.IC.)--Unitec New Zealand, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-81).

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Wong, Yat Yu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-176). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Statement of Purpose --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Literature Review --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Identity and perceptions of “the other´ح / Chapter 1.2.2 --- National identity / Chapter 1.2.3 --- How do Japanese and Chinese people view each other? / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Chinese and Japanese national identity / Chapter 1.2.5 --- Identity and foreign experiences among overseas Chinese and Japanese / Chapter 1.3 --- Methodology --- p.26 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- "Beijing, China and Kyoto, Japan as field sites" / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Semi-structured interviews / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Written sources / Chapter 1.3.4 --- Reflexivity of the researcher / Chapter 1.3.5 --- Limitations of the Research Methods / Chapter 1.4 --- Structure of the Thesis --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Perceptions of “the Other´ح in the Japanese and Chinese Media --- p.38 / Chapter 2.1 --- Images of “the Other´ح in Japanese and Chinese Popular Books --- p.41 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Heavy focus on negative images of China and Chinese people in Japanese popular books / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Diverse views of Japan and Japanese people in Chinese popular books / Chapter 2.2 --- Reporting “the Other´ح in Japanese and Chinese Newspapers --- p.55 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Background of Japanese and Chinese newspapers / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The poisoned dumpling incident in Japanese and Chinese newspapers / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Jun'ichiro Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni Shrine in Japanese and Chinese newspapers / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Stereotypes and Disappointments: Chinese Students´ة Perceptions of Japan and Japanese People --- p.69 / Chapter 3.1 --- Initial Views of Japan --- p.72 / Chapter 3.2 --- "Stereotypes of Japanese Characteristics: Strict, Ambiguous and Distant" --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3 --- Stereotypes of Japanese Views of China and Chinese People --- p.81 / Chapter 3.4 --- Unpleasant Part-time Jobs --- p.84 / Chapter 3.5 --- Stressful Scholarship System --- p.86 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Improved Impressions and Reinforced Stereotypes: Japanese Students' Perceptions of China and Chinese People --- p.92 / Chapter 4.1 --- Initial Views of China and Chinese People / Chapter 4.2 --- Reasons to Go to China --- p.100 / Chapter 4.3 --- Improved Impressions: Friendships with Chinese People --- p.101 / Chapter 4.4 --- Different Communication Styles --- p.105 / Chapter 4.5 --- Reinforced Stereotypes --- p.110 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- The Chinese government and people / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Uncivilized Chinese general public / Chapter 4.5.3 --- A good Chinese person / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Perceptions of Media and “the Other´ح among Chinese and Japanese Students --- p.119 / Chapter 5.1 --- Exaggerations and Unreliability: The Japanese Media in the Eyes of Chinese Students --- p.120 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Exaggerations by the Japanese media: “They only report negative things!´ح / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Unreliability of the Japanese media / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Comparing the Japanese and Chinese media: Different styles of reporting news / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Comparing the Japanese and Chinese media: Different attitudes in reporting “the other´ح / Chapter 5.1.5 --- Relations between the Japanese media and the general public / Chapter 5.2 --- Lack of Freedom and Lack of Reality: Chinese Media in the Eyes of Japanese --- p.132 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Limited information and choices from the Chinese media / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Misleading of audiences by the Chinese media / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Comparing the Chinese and Japanese media / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Relations between the Chinese media and the general public / Chapter 5.3 --- Discussion --- p.142 / Chapter Chapter Six: --- Conclusion --- p.146 / Chapter 6.1 --- Chapter Summaries --- p..146 / Chapter 6.2 --- National Identity among the Japanese and Chinese Students --- p..149 / Chapter 6.3 --- "Perceptions of “the Other,´ح Media Discourses and Cultural Power Relations between Japan and China" --- p..153 / Chapter 6.4 --- Value of the Study --- p.156 / Appendices --- p.160 / Bibliography --- p.164

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The national identity of Taiwanese people has been a topic under public debate and academic inspection since Taiwan’s democratization in the 1980s and the 1990s. In this study, I interviewed fifteen Taiwanese students studying in the United States and talked with them about their national identity. Interviews with the fifteen students reveal that an independent Taiwanese identity has taken shape, while a Chinese cultural identity still remains part of the Taiwanese identity. It was also discovered that although a Taiwanese national identity has formed, a Taiwanese ethnicity has not yet taken a complete form. Discussions with the Taiwanese students also indicate that studying in the multi-cultural United States renders them more aware of their Taiwanese national identity, as well as their Chinese cultural identity.