China's soft power push: Pandas, trains, and the battle for global opinion
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The Economist
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China's latest five-year plan aims to boost its international influence through social media content like cute panda videos and high-speed train clips, framed as a way to counter Western biases and win global public opinion. The article notes that accusations of influence-peddling can obscure what is actually happening.
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The country's latest five-year plan, announced in March, aims to achieve a major leap in China's international influence.
It is needed, in China's official formulation, to counter Western biases so as to win the 'battle for global public opinion' and 'safeguard national interests'.
Accusations of influence-peddling can muddy what is really going on
Accusations of influence-peddling can muddy what is really going on
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