Modern Politics
Main article: Goguryeo controversies See also: Northeast Project of the Chinese Academy of Social SciencesThe Chinese government's attempted characterization of Goguryeo as a possible regional Chinese power in recent times has received heated criticisms from both North Korea and South Korea, as well as most scholars of Goguryeo history. including Chinese scholars
The Chinese government's attempted revision of Goguryeo history, in an attempt to recharacterize it as a Chinese provincial state rather than an independent Korean kingdom, has received international criticism for making a flawed and politically motivated rewriting of history, including from prominent Goguryeo experts such as Mark Byington. Some Chinese historians, particularly revisionists working for the Chinese government, have been accused of conceiving of ancient China in terms of the territorial bounds of the modern Chinese state, which, he claimed, is a view unsupported by historical evidence.
Online discussion regarding this topic has increased. The Internet has provided a platform for a broadening participation in the discussion of Goguryeo in both South Korea and China. Thomas Chase's points out that despite the growing online discussion on this subject, this has not led to a more objective treatment of this history, nor a more critical evaluation of its relationship to national identity.
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