중국의 중국어 국제화 전략 추진 과정과 의미에 관하여

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the background and effect of China’s current policy on globalizing Mandarin. Since 2000, China’s policy of spreading its own language, which previously targeted only foreign students in China, has been transformed and intensified from domestically into internationally. China’s strategy of universalizing Chinese across the world is being extensively carried out by its top political group’s full support. The movement mentioned above, which is closely related to China’s international position in terms of economic strength, is aimed at expanding its linguistic and cultural soft power into the world based on its stronger hard power. China’s attempt to internationalize its language is considerably similar to that of both the United Kingdom and the U.S. that tried to plant English over the world. With the Confucius Institute as the front runner, Chinese-globalizing policies that are currently implemented in China are more aggressive in a sense. It is absolutely indisputable that such an ambitious goal cannot be achieved by solely China’s own policies. English maintains its status as the most dominant international language, which is attributed to a variety of cultural vehicles such as English pops, movies, instant foods, sports represented each by Hollywood, Mcdonald, NBA and MLB. In short, English has the most appealing language power to be used in the world due to various supporting cultures. In conclusion, the key of the success of Chinese-globalizing strategy depends on whether or not China will be able to produce diverse cultural contents combined with capital that can be universally enjoyed.