Local ethnic nationalism

Local ethnic nationalism, simply local nationalism or local ethnic chauvinism is a term first used by Mao Zedong regarding perceived nationalist sentiment of certain groups in China.

In the People's Republic of China, the term "local ethnic nationalism" is often used alongside "Han chauvinism." According to the Chinese Communist Party's official line, both are seen as "deviations" from Marxist ethnic theory that could hurt national unity. While the government says it opposes both, in reality, the "local nationalism" label is frequently used to crackdown on minority groups in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia.

History During the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Xie Xuehong supported "Taiwan independence" (rather than pan-Chinese nationalism) by organizing the Taiwanese Communist Party in Shanghai. In the 1950s, Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League leader Xie supported Taiwanese self-determination over Chinese unification, which led to her being denounced as a "local [ethnic] nationalist" by Mao Zedong and his supporters during the Anti-Rightist Campaign.

Local ethnic nationalism was an issue when leaders of the former East Turkestan Republic joined with Han Chinese communists to form a governing coalition in Xinjiang.

On September 1, 1979, Deng Xiaoping, while listening to the report of the 14th National Conference on United Front Work, said: There are indeed many problems in the national work to which attention should be paid; the current issue is how to strengthen national unity and oppose 'great Han-ism' (大漢族主義) and 'local ethnic nationalism' (地方民族主義), and there is also 'great [ethnic] nationalism' (大民族主義) in some ethnic minorities.

Local ethnic nationalism

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