Digital Control in Chinese Identity Politics as a Tool of Recreating Great China

Student: Potapova Yulia

Supervisor: Irina Stanislavovna Semenenko

Educational Programme: Political Analysis and Public Policy (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

The thesis covered the issues of national Chinese identity, investigated the mechanisms of its construction. The key features of the Chinese national policy are identified, the analysis of relevant documents is carried out. The features of modern identity controlled by the Internet are investigated. Control mechanisms in individual Chinese territories are analyzed. It was concluded that at the moment the issue of establishing digital control in China is the most important, the successful solution of which will be directed not only at maintaining order in the country, but will contribute to further Chinese plans. Keywords: digital control, the construction of the Chinese nation, collective identity, Great China.

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