National images, trust and international friendship

Evidence from Chinese students

Bibliographic Data

ID7810697
AuthorsG A Davies (0000-0002-9466-4566, University of York, corresponding author), Kingsley Edney (0000-0001-8267-6714, University of Leeds), Bo Wang (0000-0002-0290-2134, University of International Business and Economics)
Year2021
Volume35
Issue1
Pages69-89
Publication date2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0047117820904091
OpenAlexW3006619677
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article uses a new dataset of Chinese student attitudes to foreign affairs to analyse how perceptions of the United States, Russia, Japan and North and South Korea affect respondent perceptions of international friendship with these states. Employing a mediation analysis we find that perceptions of national trustworthiness above all other images is the crucial factor in explaining cross-national friendship. These findings suggest that trust-building measures would be a fruitful avenue for both reducing the likelihood of conflict in the region and fostering cooperative international interactions

Affect (linguistics) · Friendship · Mediation · Perception · Political science · Respondent · Sociology · Trustworthiness · Law · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology

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