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By Sabrina Tsai
A look at recent Chinese propaganda on the bilateral relationship.
As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary and President Xi Jinping visits the United States this week, Chinese state-run news outlets in both Chinese and English have focused their attention on U.S.-China relations in an attempt to shape the perceptions of the general public in both the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and establish a psychological conceptual framework for assessing the relationship.
Following the military show of force commemorating the end of the “Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression” in Beijing as a favorite spotlight of Chinese media news, Xi’s visit to the U.S. is a great opportunity for the 66-year old PRC state, established in 1949, to champion its message of Chinese power, legitimacy and credibility on the global stage. Unsurprisingly, the main thrust of Chinese media and analysis embodies certain thematic policy directions that are repeatedly being parroted: people-to-people contact, cooperation, and a “new model of major country ties.”
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