The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great China

This article analyzes the Chinese space program and how the bureaucratic elite acts to convert China as a leading nation in international arena. This article assumes that, beyond the scientific advances that space exploration has in multiple fields of knowledge, the support to the space program...

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Main Author: Daniel Lemus Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Colima 2012-10-01
Series:Portes: Revista mexicana de estudios sobre la Cuenca del Pacífico
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Online Access:http://revistasacademicas.ucol.mx/index.php/portes/article/view/250
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spelling doaj-2f6ae18c90ae43159a3cdb4ceb4bf8342020-11-24T21:47:51ZengUniversidad de ColimaPortes: Revista mexicana de estudios sobre la Cuenca del Pacífico1870-68002012-10-01611107129194The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great ChinaDaniel Lemus Delgado0Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus GuadalajaraThis article analyzes the Chinese space program and how the bureaucratic elite acts to convert China as a leading nation in international arena. This article assumes that, beyond the scientific advances that space exploration has in multiple fields of knowledge, the support to the space program depicts a way to project a positive image of China. This image is a China rising in the international community. The author discusses how space missions and the discourse around the space program strengthen national pride. Thus, China’s space program projects the image of a Greater China. The article concludes that the space program shows that China is modernizing rapidly and is able to be a world power.http://revistasacademicas.ucol.mx/index.php/portes/article/view/250República Popular Chinagran estrategiaprograma espacial chinogran China
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The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great China
Portes: Revista mexicana de estudios sobre la Cuenca del Pacífico
República Popular China
gran estrategia
programa espacial chino
gran China
author_facet Daniel Lemus Delgado
author_sort Daniel Lemus Delgado
title The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great China
title_short The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great China
title_full The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great China
title_fullStr The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great China
title_full_unstemmed The chinese space program as the image instrument of the great China
title_sort chinese space program as the image instrument of the great china
publisher Universidad de Colima
series Portes: Revista mexicana de estudios sobre la Cuenca del Pacífico
issn 1870-6800
publishDate 2012-10-01
description This article analyzes the Chinese space program and how the bureaucratic elite acts to convert China as a leading nation in international arena. This article assumes that, beyond the scientific advances that space exploration has in multiple fields of knowledge, the support to the space program depicts a way to project a positive image of China. This image is a China rising in the international community. The author discusses how space missions and the discourse around the space program strengthen national pride. Thus, China’s space program projects the image of a Greater China. The article concludes that the space program shows that China is modernizing rapidly and is able to be a world power.
topic República Popular China
gran estrategia
programa espacial chino
gran China
url http://revistasacademicas.ucol.mx/index.php/portes/article/view/250
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