초록 열기/닫기 버튼
This study explores how Koreans regard Chinese, through the cases of Korean enterprisers in China. Korean enterprisers'perception of China is a bit complicated rather than simple. That is, they see it as ‘attractive China' in which making money and the economic status of upper classes could be given to them, as ‘China with savage nationality' that is both economically and culturally inferior to Korea, and finally, as ‘fearful China' which is a imagery that is socially constructed through collective threat they experience in daily life in China. Among these perceptions, a particular one is selectively manifested according to a situation that Korean businessmen face and to a series of Chinese' attitude. After all, it can be argued that perceptional changes are just a superficial phenomenon. In other words, those depend upon political, economic,and social relations between Korea and China and the situation of Korean enterprisers in China. Korean businessmen's perception of China like this can be considered indices by which Koreans'perception of Chinese, in general, can be inferred. In addition, we can expect that the discussion on the perception will provide the first step to analyze the influence of China's growth on Korean society and to set the direction of a series of practices such as state policy,economic activities, and civilian exchanges.
키워드열기/닫기 버튼
Korean enterprisers' perception of China, fearful China, attractive China, savage China
