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

Zhang, D. (2021)

Article / Letter to editor

China is the second-biggest trading partner of the European Union, and the EU 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 existed studies explore China-EU relationship through their trade information, while ignore 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 media frame EU as an economic and political partner in a positive way but try to avoid mentioning the contradiction and friction, the selective negative is-sues are mainly for propaganda and conform to Chinese government atti- tude. Hence, this study discusses that Chinese official media follow the narra- tive of the Chinese government and reflect the EU-China relationship from the Chinese government perspective.

• Media
• China
• European Union
• Media logic

• All authors: Zhang, D.
• Date: 2021-04-14
• Journal: Journal of Government and Politics
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 153 - 165
• Link: https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/11323