Analysis of the content of the concept “russia” and “russian” at chinese students
This article is a continuation of the author's research into the content of national stereotypes. The purpose of this article is to analyze the ideas of modern Chinese students studying Russian in Russia, about Russia and Russians. The study of the content of the concept «Russia» and «Russian» is carried out in the context of studies of national stereotypes and features of national identity among representatives of different ethnic groups. Analyzed ideas about Russia for students of Chinese nationality who study Russian in universities in the Russian Federation were revealed as a result of a free associative experiment in Russian that includes five main and one additional questions: a general idea of Russia, Russian character traits, modern the life of our country, the landscape, the nature of Russia and proper names associated with the perception of Russia. An additional question was the question concerning the general picture of China. The inclusion in the stimulus material of an associative experiment on the question of China allowed us to conduct a comparative analysis of the content of the opinions of Chinese students about Russia and China.