ABSTRACT
The nationalism has become so virulent that it even questions China's economic reforms. Several recent Chinese books have denounced globalization as an evil US plot and an attempt to imprison China. Chinese trade negotiators were called 'traitors' for leading China into the World Trade Organization. When liberal journalist Ma Licheng wrote an article in 2002 that criticized the anti-Japanese mood and called for rapprochement between China and Japan, he was immediately condemned as a 'traitor'. He suffered death threats and his home address and telephone number were posted on the Internet, along with a call to burn down his house. He was obliged to quit his job and move to Hong Kong. The Nationalist mood seems to be gaining strength every year here. The schools are filled with 'patriotic education' classes. Young people are organizing boycotts of Japanese products. Web petitions against the Japanese government are attracting millions of supporters.
