Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan
Vol 12, No 2 (2021): July 2021

EU-China relations: through the narrative of China's media

Dechun Zhang (Leiden University)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Jun 2021

Abstract

China is the second-biggest trading partner of the European Union, and theEU is the biggest trading partner of China. Hence, China adds EU have a close relationship. In this sense, it is vital to find the media perception of the EU and the political ideology behind their relationship. However, most of the existedstudies explore China-EU relationship through their trade information, whileignore the role of Chinese media frame of EU. This study believe that China’s official media frame offer a strong evidence to understand China-EU relation- ship. This article aims to examine China’s official media perception of the EU by systematically examine the previous study. This study finds that Chinese mediaframe EU as an economic and political partner in a positive way but try to avoidmentioning the contradiction and friction, the selective negative is-sues aremainly for propaganda and conform to Chinese government atti- tude. Hence, this study discusses that Chinese official media follow the narrative ofthe Chinese government and reflect the EU-China relationship from the Chinese government perspective.

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jsp

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Social Sciences

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Journal of Government and Politics ISBN:1907-8374 Online: 2337-8220 is the journal published biannually by the Department of Government Affairs and Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia collaborate with Asia Pacific Society For ...