Affective US Image Predicts Chinese Citizens' Attitudes toward United States

Bibliographic Data

ID12907418
AuthorsChi Zhang (0000-0003-0034-843X, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume3
Issue3
Pages293-323
Publication date2010-06-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Chinese Journal of International Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-8916 • E-ISSN: 1750-8924
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cjip/poq010
OpenAlexW2117259911
LanguageEN
Citations received2

There is abundant literature in the United States on the images that the Americans hold of China, particularly regarding how the China image has evolved over time and the possible impacts of the China image on US–China relations. It will be interesting to figure out the other side of the coin, that is, how the Chinese view the United States and whether the US image plays any part in their foreign-policy preferences toward the United States. Research in this direction needs an interdisciplinary exploration into areas of international relations theory, social psychology, and public opinion analysis. Various international relations theories give contrasting answers to the question whether national image really matters in foreign-policy decision-making. There is no place for national image in structural realism. Systemic constructivism as expounded by Wendt focuses on the static concept of identity rather than the dynamic one of national image. On the other hand, when scholars dig into the microscopic world of foreign-policy decision-making, images of other countries, among other things, are an important explanatory factor.1

Aesthetics · China · Constructivism (international relations · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Foreign relations · Identity (music · Image (mathematics · International relations · National identity · Political economy · Political science · Public opinion · Realism · Sociology · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Artificial Intelligence · Law