Cultural Heritage on China’s 21st-century Maritime Silk Road

Ying-kit Chan

China Report, 2018, vol. 54, issue 2, 159-174

Abstract: This article suggests that Chinese scholars in Guangdong, through historical work endorsed or sponsored by their government, justify the inclusion of Southeast Asian nations in the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) initiative. In doing so, they seek to add the MSR to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. By exploring how historians and officials adhere to the expectations of the Chinese state and UNESCO in highlighting Guangdong’s role in the 21st-century MSR initiative, the article examines the production of cultural heritage at the local level in contemporary China.

Keywords: China; Guangdong; 21st-century MSR; UNESCO; world heritage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0009445518761078

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