Responsive Propaganda: The Sharp Shift in the Propaganda of Human Gene Editing in China

Jin, Shuai

doi:10.1007/s11366-022-09827-x

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“…The discussions of China-North Korea relations analysed in this paper show evidence of these kinds of identity entrepreneurs including academics and journalists [41]. Research has also shown that, possibly because of the legiti-macy benefits of reproducing dominant discourse that have been discussed above, the articulation of identity discourses by the Chinese state is responsive to broader shifts in public sentiment [42], which could serve as another means for change in the dominant identity discourses shared by state and public.…”

Section: Identity Discourses and Foreign Policy Changementioning

confidence: 80%

From Revolutionary to Stakeholder: Looking at Identity Discourses to Understand the 2016 Short-term Change in China’s North Korea Policy

Olczak

2023

J OF CHIN POLIT SCI

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During 2016 China’s policies towards North Korea appeared to undergo considerable short-term change, increasingly distancing itself from its neighbour and instead supporting the international community’s response. Existing research has focused on long-term policy change and given little importance to short-term changes in policy, or has drawn on realist and constructivist theories which expect consistency and struggle to account for these changes. This article took an identity discourse approach to understanding the 2016 short-term changes in China’s North Korea policy. It used quantitative computer assisted text analysis methods to measure changes in the dominance of different identity discourses related to North Korea that are produced on the Chinese Internet. It found that around 2015–2016, a previously more dominant “revolutionary” identity discourse lost dominance to a “stakeholder” identity discourse. The article argues that this change made possible the shift in approach to North Korea at the start of 2016 and indicates ways the short-term policy changes at this time may contribute to longer-term change in China’s behaviour.

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Section: Identity Discourses and Foreign Policy Changementioning

confidence: 80%