Any books on this?The current Chinese sales pitch for the pro-Iran/ post US order is nationalistic civilizational guardianship. Even under Mao it was highly unpopular to suggest or play up non-central plains civ finds, now it is essential to the core thesis. Are there any books discussing the suppression or destruction of non-Han/Cental P/wei river valley civ artifacts or sites?I am sure the glowies (as is their job) will put out a few in the coming years will put out a few to undermine the pitch, but I'd like to pick a few up a few real critiques before the flood comes.
>>25242888these are getting weirder and weirder
>>25242888back to /pol
>>25242888It seems to be the opposite, though? In the past few years the findings of peripheral civilizations from the Bronze Age were more publicized than ever. The chinese even pushed Sanxingdui bronze maks found in 2021 into global popularity and the govenrment built a gigantic ass museum to house them. They are even incorporating the aesthetics of ancient non-central plains civs into their own pop culture, like in cartoons and such.I think CCP plan is the opposite: pushing themselves as a powerhouse region of multiple ancient civilizations to boost both tourism and their image of being the true "civilization-state" that is the heir of not just one, but many different ancient civilizations, synthesized into one big multicultural superpower (remember that it's good for them to fight the genocidal allegations and pit themselves in a multi-ethnic and tolerant light).Their narrative of an ancient empire that will return to their historic position as the global hegemon depends a lot on archeological tourism and the popularity of ancient findings, and most of them are currently happening outside of the central plains.
