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nationalism

na shuh nuh li zuhm

  • n  love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
    British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high
  • n  the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other
  • n  the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
  • n  the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals

  • Stoked by nationalism, a new generation of Chinese feels growing hostility toward Japan.
  • The removal of the last secular strongman marks the death knell of Arab nationalism.
  • A new book, Unhappy China, reflects the country's mood of nationalism and discontents.
News & Articles

  • President Obama must understand the nationalism of China's President Xi
    China's President Xi Jinping is both a nationalist and a reformer. President Obama must understand the motivations for Mr. Xi’s nationalism, so that as the two leaders meet at a summit in California today, the US-China relationship will benefit. And the world will applaud.
    June 7, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
Quotes

  • Robert Zoellick in International Herald Tribune
    In this moment economic nationalism is neither economic nor nationalistic ...... what might be politically correct might be economically incorrect,Zoellick said. "The pull of national politics is very sharp but it's clear that the issues...
  • Henry Paulson in CNN
    US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in a statement, "We also both recognize the need to fight economic nationalism in our two nations."

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