Rewriting world history puts China’s image and ‘cultural security’ at risk: party journal

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Wei, A. (2026, September 6). Rewriting world history puts China’s image and ‘cultural security’ at risk: party journal. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3366546/rewriting-world-history-puts-chinas-image-and-cultural-security-risk-party-journal?utm_source=rss_feed

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-09-06 · by Alcott Wei

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China's ruling party journal Qiushi has published an article warning that rewriting world history from a non-Western perspective poses a threat to China's "cultural security" and ideological stability. The article criticizes online claims that ancient Greece was a hoax or the Industrial Revolution originated in China, stating that these ideas have already damaged China's reputation abroad. According to the article, such extreme pseudo-historical claims are proliferating online and spreading overseas. No specific numbers or statistics are mentioned in the article.
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Story summary

A recent article in China's Qiushi journal, a party theoretical publication, warns that rewriting world history is threatening China's "cultural security" and "ideological security". According to the article, this trend of promoting alternative historical views has already damaged China's reputation abroad by spreading pseudo-historical claims online. The claims in question include suggestions that ancient Greece was a hoax or that the Industrial Revolution originated in China, rather than Europe. This movement, which seeks to emphasize a non-Western view of history, is at odds with Beijing's efforts to promote its own civilization as having a long and continuous history. The article suggests that this trend poses a threat not only to China's cultural image but also to its academic credibility.

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Article China Greece Western the Industrial Revolution

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China GPE · 3× Article ORG · 1× Beijing GPE · 1× Chinese NORP · 1× Greece GPE · 1× Qiushi ORG · 1× Western NORP · 1×

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On Monday, the party’s theoretical journal Qiushi published an article criticising the trend.
framing: speculative · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-06
🔮 It warned that this could pose a threat to China’s own “cultural security and ideological security”.
2026-09-06 · South China Morning Post
Rewriting world history puts China’s image and ‘cultural security’ at risk: party journal · speculative framing

Claims (4 extracted, 3 hedged)

Rewriting world history puts China’s image and ‘cultural security’ at risk: party journal Article warns that claims ancient Greece was a hoax or the Industrial Revolution originated in China have already hurt the country’s image There has been a growing trend to promote a less Western-centric view of history in recent years, while Beijing has also been keen to promote the idea that Chinese civilisation has a long and continuous history. uncertain
civilisation → rewrite → history
On Monday, the party’s theoretical journal Qiushi published an article criticising the trend. asserted
journal → publish → trend
It warned that this could pose a threat to China’s own “cultural security and ideological security”. uncertain
this → warn → security
“The extreme pseudo-historical claims proliferating online continue to spread overseas and have already damaged our country’s ‘academic discourse power’ and cultural image abroad,” the article said. uncertain
article → proliferate → power
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