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
30 Mar 2023

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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Social Sciences

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The journal focus and scope of Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan is to publish a research article within the field of an advanced understanding of how politics and political management intersect in a smart government with policy processes, program development, and resource management in a sustainable way. ...