Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fear of or contempt for China, its people, or its culture.
- noun Behavior based on such an attitude or feeling.
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- noun A consistent hostility toward people of Chinese origin or toward Chinese culture, people, history, or government.
- noun Fear or dislike of Chinese-made goods.
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Examples
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It is also, though, a thoughtful reflection on long-term trends in Western thinking about China, highlighting the swings between and occasional combining of "Sinophobia" and "Sinomania" a term Anderson uses where some others might use Sinophilia.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China in 2010: A 13-Link Retrospective Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011
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It is also, though, a thoughtful reflection on long-term trends in Western thinking about China, highlighting the swings between and occasional combining of "Sinophobia" and "Sinomania" a term Anderson uses where some others might use Sinophilia.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China in 2010: A 13-Link Retrospective Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011
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It is also, though, a thoughtful reflection on long-term trends in Western thinking about China, highlighting the swings between and occasional combining of "Sinophobia" and "Sinomania" a term Anderson uses where some others might use Sinophilia.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China in 2010: A 13-Link Retrospective Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011
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It is also, though, a thoughtful reflection on long-term trends in Western thinking about China, highlighting the swings between and occasional combining of "Sinophobia" and "Sinomania" a term Anderson uses where some others might use Sinophilia.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China in 2010: A 13-Link Retrospective Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011
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Some of us in the office, though, have been aware of Nikki's work since prep-school days, and one of us is even the proud owner of an early rare work, Sent Out On The Tracks They Built: Sinophobia in Olympia, 1886, which she collaborated on with Sarah Dougher in a more rocking incarnation.
Previews 2009
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If the country does these things then Americans will someday look back at their current Sinophobia as a delusion dressed up as irresistible conventional wisdom.
The China Syndrome 2010
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Some of us in the office, though, have been aware of Nikki's work since prep-school days, and one of us is even the proud owner of an early rare work, Sent Out On The Tracks They Built: Sinophobia in Olympia, 1886, which she collaborated on with Sarah Dougher in a more rocking incarnation.
A Different Stripe: 2008
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China has much to rage about, but so far its government and people have shown great restraint in the face of Western hostility and Sinophobia.
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If the country does these things then Americans will someday look back at their current Sinophobia as a delusion dressed up as irresistible conventional wisdom.
The China Syndrome 2010
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If the country does these things then Americans will someday look back at their current Sinophobia as a delusion dressed up as irresistible conventional wisdom.
The China Syndrome 2010
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