Global Citizenship Education in China
Globalization and national identity | Citizenship Education in China With a Global Perspective | On the way of seeking common good | | Jin Xiao | 2012/10/24 |
For a better understanding of the realization of global citizenship in China |
Introduction i. Growing awareness of Chinese citizens’ performance
Chinese people have attracted attentions from all over the world for the past decades. The continued growth of the Chinese economy and the need for corresponding international outlook are not only influencing the world, but also affecting the Chinese people’s way of thinking. At present, China has the world 's second-largest economy; more than 20% of the cumulative contributions to the world economy, more and more Chinese people actively participate in external activities. Before the reform and opening up, ordinary people rarely have the opportunity to go out of the country and each year the average number of only 10,000 people could go abroad, the Chinese people under this circumstance are unlikely to cause outsiders’ concern. After 30 years of reform and opening up, more than 20 million Chinese passengers have shown up in every corner of the world in 2011, they have contacted with the world, and expressing China at the same time. With the accelerated development of globalization and the deepening of China 's opening up, increasingly number of Chinese people became interested in international affairs, the views they held on the international affairs largely influenced the foreign policy decisions of the Chinese government. It seems undeniable that Chinese people are playing a big role in the global stage. In a word, in the era of globalization, the rise of China is not only requiring the Government’s implementation of international strategy and foreign policy, but also needing the public to build one kind of citizenship with a global perspective which would bring positive impact to the world. In this paper, we are going to focus on the study
For a better understanding of the realization of global citizenship in China |
Introduction i. Growing awareness of Chinese citizens’ performance
Chinese people have attracted attentions from all over the world for the past decades. The continued growth of the Chinese economy and the need for corresponding international outlook are not only influencing the world, but also affecting the Chinese people’s way of thinking. At present, China has the world 's second-largest economy; more than 20% of the cumulative contributions to the world economy, more and more Chinese people actively participate in external activities. Before the reform and opening up, ordinary people rarely have the opportunity to go out of the country and each year the average number of only 10,000 people could go abroad, the Chinese people under this circumstance are unlikely to cause outsiders’ concern. After 30 years of reform and opening up, more than 20 million Chinese passengers have shown up in every corner of the world in 2011, they have contacted with the world, and expressing China at the same time. With the accelerated development of globalization and the deepening of China 's opening up, increasingly number of Chinese people became interested in international affairs, the views they held on the international affairs largely influenced the foreign policy decisions of the Chinese government. It seems undeniable that Chinese people are playing a big role in the global stage. In a word, in the era of globalization, the rise of China is not only requiring the Government’s implementation of international strategy and foreign policy, but also needing the public to build one kind of citizenship with a global perspective which would bring positive impact to the world. In this paper, we are going to focus on the study
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