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Response to US Patriotism: The 9/11 Incident and the War in Afghanistan (September–December 2001)

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The above editorial from the PDO might seem to suggest the official Chinese understanding of US patriotism after 9/11. But the statement was in fact made in 2004. Three years before, China was not quite the same. Like the Crazy English, the Chinese response to 9/11 is difficult to understand in Manichean terms. Many photo albums ‘in memorial of 9/11’ were published in China shortly after the attacks, but the publications — as proven by their poor quality and cut-and-paste content — might only be black humour and a means for the market to make easy money.2 How much black humour could the Chinese afford?

If the people of a sovereign state do not love their country, how does the country stand firm in its fierce competition with other countries in the world? If certain Western experts condemn patriotism as ‘just another -ism (ideology)’, what should they say about the rising patriotic passion among the American population in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks? The People’s Daily Online1

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Shen, S. (2007). Response to US Patriotism: The 9/11 Incident and the War in Afghanistan (September–December 2001). In: Redefining Nationalism in Modern China. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230590007_4

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