Due to the great gap between the official “nation” (minzu 民族) discourse-policy goals of the Chinese government and the social realities of ethnic relations in China, it is necessary for the leadership, academics, and the public in China to review the historical process involved in creating the “nationality” discourse dynamics of the past century. Chinese need to understand the nature of “nation...

Abstract Regime change often exacerbates ethnic conflict. This article examines the curious case of Myanmar, where a 2021 military coup was met, on surface, with broad-based resistance across divided society. An important question that therefore arises is whether, below this unity also took more positive form national solidarity. Were deep cleavages intensified or alleviated by coup? bears theo...