대국굴기의 미래, 제국 중국?

• Published in: 중국학보, 0(71) pp. 411 - 437
• Main Author: 임상범
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국중국학회 01.02.2015
• Subjects: 중국어와문학
• ISSN: 1226-850X; 2671-8286

The question about the future of China has a serious meaning in contemporary South Korea, because it is suspected that the achievement-oriented South Korean society will praise the exceptionality of Chinese Model and that the new ‘Universal Values’ of China may interfere with the way of South Koreans’ lives. Therefore, the author thinks that even if China does not become the only global superpower, the frightening regional-power characteristics of ‘Imperial China’ could be a threat to South Koreans’ lives. The author recognizes the necessity to put the contemporary China into perspective with the keyword ‘empire,’ and to do this, the author looks into how the objective of the Chinese government and its intellectuals has progressed from ‘Peaceful Rise’ to ‘the Rise of the Great Powers’ and then to ‘Chinese Dream.’ The author sees this progress as part of making ‘Imperial China.’ The author focuses on the feelings and thoughts of the Chinese people themselves on the concept of an empire. More specifically, the author correlates ‘Chinese Dream,’ the ideology promulgated by Xi Jinping, and the keyword ‘empire,’ which some scholars are bringing up, to examine the contemporary Chinese reality. KCI Citation Count: 2