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The BRI and China's Soft Power in Europe: Why Chinese Narratives (Initially) Won
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Abstract The article aims to contribute to our understanding of China's soft power in Europe and the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in this regard. We conduct analyses of two leading newspapers in the United Kingdom, in Spain, and in Poland to discover how the BRI was framed there in the period... mehr
The article aims to contribute to our understanding of China's soft power in Europe and the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in this regard. We conduct analyses of two leading newspapers in the United Kingdom, in Spain, and in Poland to discover how the BRI was framed there in the period from mid-2013 to mid-2017. The empirical results show that the media reported about the initiative quite positively - especially compared to the general media picture of China in Europe - and to a considerable extent followed Chinese narratives of economic opportunities while overlooking geopolitical and security worries. Theories of "journalistic routines" and linguistic "affective sticking points" will be suggested as possible explanations of these dynamics, highlighting both the fact that Chinese narratives outnumbered European ones in the initial period quantitatively, and were able to offer something that resonated with the audience qualitatively.... weniger
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Belt and Road Initiative; EU-China relations; Chinese foreign policy; soft power; European media
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 58-81
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 49 (2020) 1
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)