China’s Memory Laws

Abstract

The study of ‘memory laws’ has seen a spectacular rise in recent years as governments worldwide are reverting to formal legislation to shape and secure their preferred historical discourses and outlaw narratives subverting these. Despite the increasingly global nature of this phenomenon, this budding scholarly genre has remained largely preoccupied with developments in Europe. Until very recently, Chinese memory laws have been overlooked in these discussions. It is time to start paying attention to them.

Authors 1

1. Vincent K.L. Chang corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University, NL