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U.S. And China Images In Each Other’s National Poils

Posted on:2015-03-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z J LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2266330428479251Subject:English Language and Literature
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National image is the international community’s relatively stable overall assessment of a country. To certain extent, one country’s image judgment of another country decides the formulation and implementation of its foreign policy toward another country, while one country’s public attitudes toward another country influence its image judgment of another country, thus, it is necessary to understand and analyze one country’s public attitude toward another country.Among the various bilateral relations in the world, U.S.-China relationship is probably "the single most important one", both for themselves and for the world. However, U.S.-China relationship is not a stable one, even after the U.S.-China rapprochement and the end of the cold war there have been ups and downs in U.S.-China relations. Thus, it is of great significance to understand and analyze U.S.-China public attitudes toward each other, study U.S.-China mutual images, the source of such images, and analyze the relationship between public attitudes and U.S.-China mutual images.This thesis, based on the survey reports of BBC World Service Country Rating Poll, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Committee of100(C-100), Global Times, and the Institute of American Studies (IAS) at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) from2005to2013, by analyzing and comparing the original survey data conducted in both countries, the filed dates, the survey questions, and the objectivity of the questionnaires, tries to understand and analyze U.S.-China public attitudes toward each other, find out U.S.-China mutual images in each other’s national polls, the sources of such images, and the relationship between public attitudes and the foreign policies of the two countries. The thesis also tries to see the reason why different national polls have different survey results.The major method employed in this thesis is survey-based studies, to be more specific, is national-poll-based studies. During the studies, both quantitative and qualitative analysis will be used. Quantitative analysis is used when the author studies and compares the survey data of the national polls. Qualitative analysis is used when the author analyzes the design of the survey questions and the wording of the survey questions.Through quantitative analysis, the author finds that U.S.-China mutual images are basically stable. On average, China’s positive views of the U.S. and U.S. positive views of China is around40%to50%, increase or decrease sharply only in response to certain events. But, in general, China’s view of the U.S. is more inclined to be event-driven, and more negative.Through the study, the author also finds that contrary to many scholars’expectations that Chinese images of U.S. government and the American people are different, China’s image of the American people is remarkably consistent with that of the country. Besides, there is a contradiction in each other’s views of the other country.The thesis also discusses the most favorable and the most unfavorable images of the two countries, and the sources of such positive and negative views.At the end of the thesis, suggestions will be provided for the policymakers.
Keywords/Search Tags:National Image, Public Attitudes, National Polls, Foreign Policy, U.S.-ChinaRelations
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