What We Talk About When We Talk About Race: Racial and National Rhetoric, Threat, and US-China Relations

• In Event: Empirical Studies of Regime Type and International Politics

Brief Overview

Is race driving the US and China towards conflict? We argue that race is conceptually distinct from Chinese nationhood and nationalism, historically the driver of conflict, and find support from a comprehensive analysis of China's official rhetoric.

Authors

• Brayden Pun, George Washington University

• Zenobia Chan, Georgetown University

• Siu Hei Wong, Princeton University