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

Radically rewriting world and Chinese history without solid proof could threaten China’s international image and national identity, a leading Communist Party journal has warned.

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.

But at the same time, the so-called pseudo-historical school – which has cast doubt on the origins of Western...