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The International Communication of China’s National Political Image Since the 1978 Reform and Opening Up

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Looking back, China’s national political image has been given greater attention compared to China’s national economic image and China’s national cultural image since October, 1949 when the People’s Republic of China was established.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Beech (2010).

  2. 2.

    Di (2008).

  3. 3.

    Nanos/IRPP Survey, January 3, 2017.

  4. 4.

    The opinions are from Varis (1974) and Stone (2000).

  5. 5.

    Manli (2008, p. 16).

  6. 6.

    Song et al. (2014).

  7. 7.

    De Haan (2011).

  8. 8.

    Hong and Cuthbert (1989: 74).

  9. 9.

    Heller and Nemedi Renyi (1994: 159).

  10. 10.

    Xinhua News Agency (2021)

  11. 11.

    Hester (1978).

  12. 12.

    Lippmann and Merz (1920).

  13. 13.

    Wu Peifu (April 22, 1874—December 4, 1939) Zhi Li Warlord.

  14. 14.

    The research reports selected are those with China as the theme. The works selected are from academic monographs, compiles, papers, and poll reports (relating China) with China as the theme or the comparative studies between China and other countries. Media reports selected are the feature and commentary articles about China’s political image, with more than 800 words; Each relevant paper selected is over 10,000 words.

  15. 15.

    The central American countries selected are Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; South American countries selected are Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Guyana and Suriname.

  16. 16.

    The G20 was formally established at the G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting in 1999. Its members include China, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.

  17. 17.

    Factiva is a global news and business database collecting over 10, 000 types of information resources published in 26 languages from 118 countries and regions.

  18. 18.

    Anholt (2007: 1).

  19. 19.

    Operators (2007).

  20. 20.

    Baidu (2021).

  21. 21.

    The ROKS Cheonan sinking occurred on 26 March 2010, when Cheonan, a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country’s west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen. A South Korean-led official investigation carried out by a team of international experts from several countries presented a summary of its investigation on 20 May 2010, concluding that the warship had been sunk by a North Korean torpedo fired by a midget submarine. The later reports suspected that Kim Jong-un may be the man behind the event.

  22. 22.

    ASEAN Regional Forum founded in 1994 with 27 members, is the largest and most influential official multilateral political and security dialogue channel of ASEAN.

  23. 23.

    Richburg (2010).

  24. 24.

    Yang (2010).

  25. 25.

    John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull.

  26. 26.

    Scrase (2002).

  27. 27.

    Varis (1974).

  28. 28.

    Hester (1978).

  29. 29.

    Stone (2000).

  30. 30.

    Wang and Wanli (2008).

  31. 31.

    Epstein (1998).

  32. 32.

    Leow (2003).

  33. 33.

    Mike. Wallace is a famous host of Columbia Broadcasting System, a famous American television station. He enjoys the reputation of “the godfather” on American TV. The television news magazine broadcast, “60 min” is one of the top 10 TV programs in the US. Its success is partly due to Wallace, the A-level TV news host in the US. His name is known by every American people.

  34. 34.

    Perlez (2003).

  35. 35.

    Saich (2014).

  36. 36.

    Guoxiong (2008).

  37. 37.

    McCartney and Gostich (2011).

  38. 38.

    Schram called traditional countries to point to developing countries.

  39. 39.

    Schramm (1964).

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Liu, C. (2023). The International Communication of China’s National Political Image Since the 1978 Reform and Opening Up. In: The Chinese Story in Global Order. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9020-5_5

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