Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions under Xi Jinping. By Bates Gill. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 320p. $29.95 cloth
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 1138-1139
ISSN: 1541-0986
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In: Perspectives on politics, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 1138-1139
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 30, Heft 128, S. 299-313
ISSN: 1469-9400
Beijing has long sought to shape global narratives about China. The Xi Jinping administration not only continued that effort but also added an entirely new dimension: it now seeks to use discourse power, particularly through formulating and promoting strategic narratives, to reshape the international system itself. Drawing upon social identity theory (SIT) and strategic narratives framework, this study shows that Beijing employs a multifaceted narrative strategy to redefine existing norms or create new ones in varied global governance domains. A theoretical framework is presented to explain the strategy and subsequently applied to illustrate China's strategic narratives at the international system level and in three global governance areas, i.e., climate change, human rights, and Internet governance. (J Contemp China / GIGA)
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In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 30, Heft 128, S. 299-313
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: The Chinese journal of international politics, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 415-446
ISSN: 1750-8916
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In: Challenges facing Chinese political development
In: Journal of Chinese political science, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 663-680
ISSN: 1874-6357
In: Journal of Chinese political science, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 381-385
ISSN: 1874-6357
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 37, Heft 5, S. 739-752
ISSN: 0162-895X
In: Journal of Chinese political science, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 385-408
ISSN: 1874-6357
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 37, Heft 5, S. 739-752
ISSN: 1467-9221
Poliheuristic (PH) theory has received strong empirical support for its depiction of the option selection process: it explains how leaders evaluate, weigh, and ultimately choose among a set of policy options. But PH theory does not explain how this initial set of options is generated. Foreign policy problem representation (PR) research has shown that the way in which leaders mentally represent decision problems determines which options are generated for consideration. In this article, we develop a hybrid PR‐PH framework in which leaders' problem representations drive an unconscious screening process that occurs prior to the conscious screening of PH stage 1. We test hypotheses drawn from this framework experimentally and find that key elements of PR (most notably, perceived threat) determine which options consciously occur to decision makers and which options are not generated during a simulated foreign policy crisis.
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 21, Heft 76, S. 695-711
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 21, Heft 76, S. 695-712
ISSN: 1067-0564
China scholars have examined the 'China threat' theory from various theoretical perspectives, offered a range of explanations for the theory's emergence and forecast the potential implications for US-China relations. However, few scholars have empirically studied the 'China threat' theory through the lens of the US media. This is a critical oversight, because the media plays a pivotal role in shaping US public opinion and US foreign policy, and the media is a key channel for 'China threat' dissemination and popularization. This study seeks to redress this oversight by empirically examining 'China threat' coverage in the US print media over a 15-year period from 1992 to 2006. We use content-analysis methodology to systematically collect, code and analyze 'China threat' data from five major US newspapers and to track the frequency and content of this coverage over time. Our analysis reveals many interesting patterns in 'China threat' media coverage. First, the initial emergence of 'China threat' arguments in the US print media corresponded with the sharp upward turn in China's economic growth rates in the early 1990s. However, since the early 1990s, 'China threat' coverage has not mirrored China's steady growth. Rather, the media coverage was cyclic, featuring three key peaks (1996, 2000 and 2005) followed by subsequent declining interest. Second, our analysis reveals that the focus of these stories also varied over time. Perceptions of China as a political/ideological threat dominated media coverage in the earlier years (1992-1994) but steadily declined after 1995 and totally disappeared from the US print media after 2001. Perceptions of China as a military/strategic threat replaced political/ideological concerns in 1995, and the military focus has dominated media coverage ever since. Perceptions of China as an economic/trade threat persisted steadily throughout the 15-year time period with a clear uptick in recent years. We conclude this analysis by turning to the literature on realism, agenda setting and information processing to offer possible explanations for these empirical trends. (J Contemp China/GIGA)
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In: Foreign policy analysis: a journal of the International Studies Association, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 169-189
ISSN: 1743-8586
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In: Foreign policy analysis, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 169-189
ISSN: 1743-8594
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 52, Heft 5, S. 687-712
ISSN: 0022-0027, 0731-4086
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