Zhao Alexandre Huang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4036985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zhao Alexandre Huang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zhao Alexandre |
| FAMILY NAME | Huang |
| SIGNATURE | HUANG Z A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Paris Nanterre |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1284-0862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty
In the wake of U.S.‐China technological competition and the COVID‐19 pandemic, “tech diplomacy” has gained prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse. This concept is often ideologically framed to critique Western hegemonic narratives perceived as hindering China's technological advancement. Concurrently, China has embraced a more assertive foreign policy, aiming to increase its global influence and shape international technological n…
Navigating crossroads: Change, trust, and transformation in communication
International audience
China Defenders From Abroad: Exploring Pro-China Foreign Political Influencers on X/Twitter
Political influencers are social media users who attempt to shape others' political attitudes and behaviors through personal influences. While prior research has mainly examined political influencers in Western democracies, this study shifts attention to an international context, focusing on the self-presentation strategies and discursive frames used by non-Chinese political influencers who support China on Twitter (X). Through a thematic analysi…
Ethical Challenges in the Digitalization of Public Diplomacy
Advances in information technology, especially the mainstreaming of social media platforms, affect the exclusivity of traditional diplomacy as elite interaction and negotiation. Public diplomacy actors use the affordances of digital media to pursue continuous, day-to-day communication and deploy their government’s network influence. This diplomatic communication should not exist in an ethical vacuum. Digital diplomacy transcends the boundaries of…
Atypical Wolf Warrior Strategy in China’s Digital Public Diplomacy during the Pandemic
Wolf warrior diplomacy has become Beijing’s primary method for defending its core interests during the COVID-19 pandemic. China’s public diplomacy actors have used social media platforms to diffuse rumors and aggressive statements to promote its discursive power and reshape international order during the pandemic. Although existing studies on online wolf warrior diplomacy include China’s intermestic dimension and audiences, scholars have not exam…
Conversations de pandas sur Twitter: Un instrument « adorable » des médias chinois
Cet article entend explorer la diplomatie chinoise du panda, son histoire, ses stratégies d’influence et ses pratiques numériques. Il vise à mettre en lumière comment le panda est devenu un animal politique, diplomatique et médiatique pour le gouvernement chinois. Notre étude expose comment, à l’ère numérique, les grands médias chinois mobilisent l’image du panda pour contribuer à la médiatisation de la politique étrangère nationale, de ses initi…
Mise en œuvre de l’organisationalité dans la diplomatie publique en réseau. Le cas de la diplomatie culturelle française
L'tude de la diplomatie publique s'intresse de plus en plus sa mise en oeuvre numrique, notamment sur les rseaux sociaux. Son approche se fait cependant en examinant les comptes des institutions, plutt que des individus. Cet article envisage la question des rseaux d'in uence sous l'angle organisationnel, en se concentrant sur le lien micro-macro entre les individus et leurs organisations partir de l'approche dite de la communication constitutive …
An intermestic approach to China's public diplomacy: A case study of Beijing's Covid-19 communication in the early stages
Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak and the international communication management of Chinese diplomats as a case for extending the definition of intermestic public diplomacy. The goal was to reveal how Beijing subtly used both domestic and foreign social media to organize a network for communication about COVID-19 and purposefully soften the highly centralized and hierarchical political propagan…
Do Closer Relationships Increase Content Similarity? Assessing Transnational Agenda-Setting Influence of Chinese Media on Twitter
The aim of this study was to analyze transnational agenda setting from the perspective of mediated public diplomacy. Using the Belt and Road Initiative Forums as example cases, we examined the transnational agenda-setting influence of Chinese media on Twitter. Through analysis of tweets posted during the 2017 and 2019 forums, we found that countries that joined the Belt and Road Initiative had more favorable perceptions of Chinese media content t…
Digitalization of public diplomacy: Concepts, trends, and challenges
Dr. Ilan Manor is a leading scholar in the digitalization of public diplomacy and a senior lecturer at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. From the beginning of his academic career, Dr. Manor invested in researching the digitalized practices and strategies of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and conceptualized the expression “the digitalization of public diplomacy” to explore how digital technologies shape the norms, values, and working rout…
Revisiting public diplomacy in a postpandemic world: The need for a humanity-centered communication logic
Professor R. S. Zaharna is a leading scholar in international communication and public diplomacy. She has witnessed the rapid development of public diplomacy since 2001 and has been committed to researching different communication logics in public diplomacy. In recent years, she has begun to explore the boundaries of public diplomacy theory, aiming to expand the conceptual scope of public diplomacy, advocating a relational shift in conventional p…
Vers une diplomatie publique française des musées en Chine ? La sinisation numérique des stratégies communicationnelles du Louvre: Article inédit, mis en ligne le 23 août, 2021
Choix prioritaire des touristes chinois voyageant en France, le Louvre a lancé le 1er mai 2015 un projet numérique ciblant le média social chinois Weibo, destiné à promouvoir la culture et les valeurs françaises et à consolider sa présence et sa communication dans le monde sinophone. Son compte Weibo est devenu, depuis 2016, l’un des comptes muséaux étrangers les plus influents de l’internet chinois. À partir d’une démarche netnographique, nous a…
‘Panda engagement’ in China’s digital public diplomacy
Applying a constructive journalistic paradigm, we examined how the Chinese media digitalized panda diplomacy on Twitter. By analyzing English-language, panda-themed tweets (N = 855) posted by Chinese state-owned media (Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, and CGTN) in 2017, we identified content types and communication engagement practices that contributed to Chinese digital diplomacy. Our findings confirm that the practice of panda engagement onl…
Comparing Chinese and European Discourses regarding the “Belt and Road Initiative”
Ce travail analyse les discours chinois et européen sur le projet de connectivité « Initiative route et Ceinture » lorsqu’une rhétorique l’emporte sur un contenu et un projet politique sur des gains économiques. Désigné par le président chinois comme l’un des plus importants projets de coopération internationale, « l’initiative Route et ceinture », combine l’historique route de la soie et la stratégie de « sortir du territoire » pour installer le…
La diplomatie publique chinoise sur Twitter: La fabrique d’une polyphonie harmonieuse
L’analyse netnographique des tweets publiés par les deux comptes Twitter des diplomates chinois à Bruxelles et à Ottawa en 2017 met en évidence les efforts de polyphonie de la diplomatie chinoise dans sa stratégie de publication sur des médias sociaux numériques. Ces comptes diplomatiques incarnent une diplomatie publique moderne et sympathique qui renouvelle le genre de la propagande et qui est la pointe émergée des stratégies de soft power chin…
Comparing Chinese and European Discourses regarding the “Belt and Road Initiative”
Ce travail analyse les discours chinois et européen sur le projet de connectivité « Initiative route et Ceinture » lorsqu’une rhétorique l’emporte sur un contenu et un projet politique sur des gains économiques. Désigné par le président chinois comme l’un des plus importants projets de coopération internationale, « l’initiative Route et ceinture », combine l’historique route de la soie et la stratégie de « sortir du territoire » pour installer le…
Digitalization of public diplomacy: Concepts, trends, and challenges
Dr. Ilan Manor is a leading scholar in the digitalization of public diplomacy and a senior lecturer at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. From the beginning of his academic career, Dr. Manor invested in researching the digitalized practices and strategies of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and conceptualized the expression “the digitalization of public diplomacy” to explore how digital technologies shape the norms, values, and working rout…
La diplomatie publique chinoise sur Twitter: La fabrique d’une polyphonie harmonieuse
L’analyse netnographique des tweets publiés par les deux comptes Twitter des diplomates chinois à Bruxelles et à Ottawa en 2017 met en évidence les efforts de polyphonie de la diplomatie chinoise dans sa stratégie de publication sur des médias sociaux numériques. Ces comptes diplomatiques incarnent une diplomatie publique moderne et sympathique qui renouvelle le genre de la propagande et qui est la pointe émergée des stratégies de soft power chin…
China Defenders From Abroad: Exploring Pro-China Foreign Political Influencers on X/Twitter
Political influencers are social media users who attempt to shape others' political attitudes and behaviors through personal influences. While prior research has mainly examined political influencers in Western democracies, this study shifts attention to an international context, focusing on the self-presentation strategies and discursive frames used by non-Chinese political influencers who support China on Twitter (X). Through a thematic analysi…
Do Closer Relationships Increase Content Similarity? Assessing Transnational Agenda-Setting Influence of Chinese Media on Twitter
The aim of this study was to analyze transnational agenda setting from the perspective of mediated public diplomacy. Using the Belt and Road Initiative Forums as example cases, we examined the transnational agenda-setting influence of Chinese media on Twitter. Through analysis of tweets posted during the 2017 and 2019 forums, we found that countries that joined the Belt and Road Initiative had more favorable perceptions of Chinese media content t…
Revisiting public diplomacy in a postpandemic world: The need for a humanity-centered communication logic
Professor R. S. Zaharna is a leading scholar in international communication and public diplomacy. She has witnessed the rapid development of public diplomacy since 2001 and has been committed to researching different communication logics in public diplomacy. In recent years, she has begun to explore the boundaries of public diplomacy theory, aiming to expand the conceptual scope of public diplomacy, advocating a relational shift in conventional p…
La diplomatie publique chinoise sur Twitter: La fabrique d’une polyphonie harmonieuse
L’analyse netnographique des tweets publiés par les deux comptes Twitter des diplomates chinois à Bruxelles et à Ottawa en 2017 met en évidence les efforts de polyphonie de la diplomatie chinoise dans sa stratégie de publication sur des médias sociaux numériques. Ces comptes diplomatiques incarnent une diplomatie publique moderne et sympathique qui renouvelle le genre de la propagande et qui est la pointe émergée des stratégies de soft power chin…
Comparing Chinese and European Discourses regarding the “Belt and Road Initiative”
Ce travail analyse les discours chinois et européen sur le projet de connectivité « Initiative route et Ceinture » lorsqu’une rhétorique l’emporte sur un contenu et un projet politique sur des gains économiques. Désigné par le président chinois comme l’un des plus importants projets de coopération internationale, « l’initiative Route et ceinture », combine l’historique route de la soie et la stratégie de « sortir du territoire » pour installer le…
‘Panda engagement’ in China’s digital public diplomacy
Applying a constructive journalistic paradigm, we examined how the Chinese media digitalized panda diplomacy on Twitter. By analyzing English-language, panda-themed tweets (N = 855) posted by Chinese state-owned media (Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, and CGTN) in 2017, we identified content types and communication engagement practices that contributed to Chinese digital diplomacy. Our findings confirm that the practice of panda engagement onl…
Vers une diplomatie publique française des musées en Chine ? La sinisation numérique des stratégies communicationnelles du Louvre: Article inédit, mis en ligne le 23 août, 2021
Choix prioritaire des touristes chinois voyageant en France, le Louvre a lancé le 1er mai 2015 un projet numérique ciblant le média social chinois Weibo, destiné à promouvoir la culture et les valeurs françaises et à consolider sa présence et sa communication dans le monde sinophone. Son compte Weibo est devenu, depuis 2016, l’un des comptes muséaux étrangers les plus influents de l’internet chinois. À partir d’une démarche netnographique, nous a…
Digitalization of public diplomacy: Concepts, trends, and challenges
Dr. Ilan Manor is a leading scholar in the digitalization of public diplomacy and a senior lecturer at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. From the beginning of his academic career, Dr. Manor invested in researching the digitalized practices and strategies of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and conceptualized the expression “the digitalization of public diplomacy” to explore how digital technologies shape the norms, values, and working rout…
Revisiting public diplomacy in a postpandemic world: The need for a humanity-centered communication logic
Professor R. S. Zaharna is a leading scholar in international communication and public diplomacy. She has witnessed the rapid development of public diplomacy since 2001 and has been committed to researching different communication logics in public diplomacy. In recent years, she has begun to explore the boundaries of public diplomacy theory, aiming to expand the conceptual scope of public diplomacy, advocating a relational shift in conventional p…
Atypical Wolf Warrior Strategy in China’s Digital Public Diplomacy during the Pandemic
Wolf warrior diplomacy has become Beijing’s primary method for defending its core interests during the COVID-19 pandemic. China’s public diplomacy actors have used social media platforms to diffuse rumors and aggressive statements to promote its discursive power and reshape international order during the pandemic. Although existing studies on online wolf warrior diplomacy include China’s intermestic dimension and audiences, scholars have not exam…
Conversations de pandas sur Twitter: Un instrument « adorable » des médias chinois
Cet article entend explorer la diplomatie chinoise du panda, son histoire, ses stratégies d’influence et ses pratiques numériques. Il vise à mettre en lumière comment le panda est devenu un animal politique, diplomatique et médiatique pour le gouvernement chinois. Notre étude expose comment, à l’ère numérique, les grands médias chinois mobilisent l’image du panda pour contribuer à la médiatisation de la politique étrangère nationale, de ses initi…
Mise en œuvre de l’organisationalité dans la diplomatie publique en réseau. Le cas de la diplomatie culturelle française
L'tude de la diplomatie publique s'intresse de plus en plus sa mise en oeuvre numrique, notamment sur les rseaux sociaux. Son approche se fait cependant en examinant les comptes des institutions, plutt que des individus. Cet article envisage la question des rseaux d'in uence sous l'angle organisationnel, en se concentrant sur le lien micro-macro entre les individus et leurs organisations partir de l'approche dite de la communication constitutive …
An intermestic approach to China's public diplomacy: A case study of Beijing's Covid-19 communication in the early stages
Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak and the international communication management of Chinese diplomats as a case for extending the definition of intermestic public diplomacy. The goal was to reveal how Beijing subtly used both domestic and foreign social media to organize a network for communication about COVID-19 and purposefully soften the highly centralized and hierarchical political propagan…
Do Closer Relationships Increase Content Similarity? Assessing Transnational Agenda-Setting Influence of Chinese Media on Twitter
The aim of this study was to analyze transnational agenda setting from the perspective of mediated public diplomacy. Using the Belt and Road Initiative Forums as example cases, we examined the transnational agenda-setting influence of Chinese media on Twitter. Through analysis of tweets posted during the 2017 and 2019 forums, we found that countries that joined the Belt and Road Initiative had more favorable perceptions of Chinese media content t…
Ethical Challenges in the Digitalization of Public Diplomacy
Advances in information technology, especially the mainstreaming of social media platforms, affect the exclusivity of traditional diplomacy as elite interaction and negotiation. Public diplomacy actors use the affordances of digital media to pursue continuous, day-to-day communication and deploy their government’s network influence. This diplomatic communication should not exist in an ethical vacuum. Digital diplomacy transcends the boundaries of…
China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty
In the wake of U.S.‐China technological competition and the COVID‐19 pandemic, “tech diplomacy” has gained prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse. This concept is often ideologically framed to critique Western hegemonic narratives perceived as hindering China's technological advancement. Concurrently, China has embraced a more assertive foreign policy, aiming to increase its global influence and shape international technological n…
Navigating crossroads: Change, trust, and transformation in communication
International audience
China Defenders From Abroad: Exploring Pro-China Foreign Political Influencers on X/Twitter
Political influencers are social media users who attempt to shape others' political attitudes and behaviors through personal influences. While prior research has mainly examined political influencers in Western democracies, this study shifts attention to an international context, focusing on the self-presentation strategies and discursive frames used by non-Chinese political influencers who support China on Twitter (X). Through a thematic analysi…
Connecting minds, advancing ideas, and pioneering dialogues in communication
Political science (15 works) · Law (9 works) · Public Relations and Crisis Communication (9 works) · Diplomacy (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Media Studies and Communication (7 works) · Public Diplomacy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · China (6 works) · Public relations (6 works)