Perceptions of China in the Age of COVID-19: Findings from Pakistan's Media Spheres
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/18681026241305148" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/18681026241305148</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/18681026241305148" target="_blank" >10.1177/18681026241305148</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Perceptions of China in the Age of COVID-19: Findings from Pakistan's Media Spheres
Original language description
The COVID-19 pandemic served as a test for China's soft power, drawing diverse reactions from its friends and foes. This article investigates the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on China's image, delving specifically into sentiments within one of the most China-friendly nations in the world, Pakistan. This study conducts a qualitative content analysis of Pakistan's news media and X sphere and investigates sentiments towards China and Chinese vaccines from 2020 to 2021. Media narratives were found to be distinctly more negative towards Chinese vaccines than China in the aftermath of the pandemic. An assessment of dominant media narratives offers possible explanations for the divergence in sentiments, mainly attributing them to “China's support of Pakistan,” “China's domestic containment,” “China's international role,” and “conspiracy theories and misinformation.” This article provides insights into China's vaccine diplomacy, its soft power dynamics, and public sentiment sway within its most amicable partnership in the international arena.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
ISSN
1868-4874
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Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
January 2025
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
1-25
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85216097652