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The article engages in a critical reading of the political pattern of Sino‐Sri Lankan bilateral engagement. China offers an alternate global order for Sri Lanka by underscoring political discourses like “harmonious world” and “building a community with a shared destiny or future for mankind.” Through these discourses, China attempts to present a “fair and equitable” international system to small states such as Sri Lanka to mobilize them against the universalization of the liberal order. This is part of China's goal to challenge the universalization of liberal values to indicate the Chinese economic and political model as aspirational for developing countries. However, it culminates as the “hegemony of harmony,” as China dictates the terms to protect its national interests, dissimulating cultural relativism and exceptionalism as the foundation of the Chinese‐led global order. This article employs historical and descriptive analysis to explain the political nature of Sino‐Sri Lankan engagement, elucidating China's specific strategies to harmonize Sri Lanka. El artículo se involucra en una lectura crítica del patrón político del compromiso bilateral entre China y Sri Lanka. China ofrece un orden global alternativo para Sri Lanka al subrayar los discursos políticos como “Mundo armonioso” y “Construcción de una comunidad de destino/futuro compartido para la humanidad”. A través de estos discursos, China ofrece un sistema internacional “justo y equitativo” a un pequeño estado como Sri Lanka y moviliza a Sri Lanka contra la universalización del orden liberal. Esto es parte del objetivo de China de reemplazar la universalización de los valores liberales para indicar el modelo económico y político chino como una aspiración para los países en desarrollo. Sin embargo, China ofrece la hegemonía de la armonía dictando los términos para proteger sus intereses nacionales, subrayando el relativismo cultural y el excepcionalísimo como la base del orden global liderado por China. Este artículo emplea un análisis histórico y descriptivo para comprender las estrategias específicas que usa China para armonizar a Sri Lanka, explicando la naturaleza política de este compromiso. 本文对中斯双边接触的政治格局进行了批判性解读。中国通过强调“和谐世界”和“构建人类命运共同体”等政治话语,为斯里兰卡提供了另一种全球秩序。通过这些话语,中国试图向斯里兰卡这样的小国提供一个“公平公正”的国际体系,并动员斯里兰卡反对自由秩序的普遍化。这是中国试图取代自由价值观普遍化的目标的一部分,以表明中国的经济和政治模式是发展中国家的期望模式。不过,中国提供了和谐霸权主义,规定了保护其国家利益的条件,强调文化相对主义和例外主义是中国主导的全球秩序的基础。本文采用历史分析和描述性分析来理解中国为“斯里兰卡和谐化”一事所采用的具体策略,解释了这种接触的政治性质。
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Veena Ramachandran, 2023.
"Harmonization To Exceptionalism,"
World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 186(2), pages 384-413, June.
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RePEc:wly:woraff:v:186:y:2023:i:2:p:384-413
DOI: 10.1177/00438200231168319
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