Changing Image of the U.S. in China in an Era of Strategic Competition

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UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

4 ай бұрын

Feb. 22, 2024: Changing Image of the U.S. in China in an Era of Strategic Competition
In years past, most Chinese citizens’ views of the U.S. were largely positive despite ideological differences between the two countries. Relations were seen as beneficial to both countries, and most people in China appreciated U.S. culture and products. However, relations between the two countries have deteriorated drastically in recent years, with the trade war and other arenas heightening tensions. How do Chinese citizens view the U.S. today? What’s the implication for the future of U.S.-China relations? In this talk, Professor Wei Da of Tsinghua University drew on his research to help answer these questions and more.
This public lecture is organized by the 21st Century China Center (21CCC) at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. For more information about this and other 21CCC events, please visit china.ucsd.edu/.

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@michael511128 4 ай бұрын

What can Americans do to improve the US image? One good move is travel in China. Unless one is already an expert on geopolitics, the average American has been so propagandized to view negatively about China. Once one has traveled in China he or she will realised the propaganda were all lies and then ask questions about their own country. I have lived in all 3 US, Japan and China. I was a subscriber to the NY Times until recently. The spike in the US negativity in the last few years are caused by massive media propaganda. Since the beginning of Covid, literally every line in the NY Times about China is twisted facts, half truths or outright lies, so were the majority of the rest of mainstream media. Japan is one of the most propagandized US vassal state in the world. The US has a lot of power over its politics, business or media. Regarding the host’s questions about when will China project global military power. Well, I’m sure he knows the US has been the sole country that does that since 1945, now with some 800 bases worldwide, about half in the “Indo Pacific”. First, currently China has approximately the same level and size of conventional military hardware as the US. So far China has been RESPONDING to US provocation in the Taiwan Straight, South China Sea, and recently dispatched two warships to the Gulf in response to the Gaza attacks to support stability of the region. In the near future, more blue water missions are likely if the US keeps on destabilising the world. One must realise the US tries to manipulate the countries surrounding China like NATO to Russia. And the US is constantly increasing the efforts as well as budgets including plainly spelled out propaganda budgets in the hundreds of millions. It’s not China’s interest to rule the world. The host mentioned China doesn’t seem to project power “so much”. That’s a wrong statement. Instead of so much it’s “never had”. This is biggest real ideological difference. In plain language-Emperors are fears but Kings are loved. The first chart showing US and Japan least favourites of China with Russia the most favourite. If this chart contained all 193 countries, chances are 80% countries in favor of China and 20% US at best. China is gaining economically as well as geopolitically fast. In a competition sense, China is already in a winning path. It has no need to project military power if it weren’t for countering the US, and it will, the Chinese PLA is very determined to protect China’s interests, war or no war. One has to accept the US is a fading imperialist empire. The billionaire oligarchs will eventually lose their powers but still get to keep their money. That gives some hope that they are crazy enough to make wars with China or Russia and lose it all.

@deanzaZZR 4 ай бұрын

I have lived and worked in Taiwan, China and Japan. I am also an graduate of UC-San Diego's now supplanted Graduate School of Internal Relations and Pacific Studies. The New York Times and other mainstream US media brands are dead to me when reporting on China and many other part of the world as these sources uncritically support and serve as a mouthpiece of the US foreign policy establishment.

@kimlee7024 4 ай бұрын

thank you. refreshing.

@0MVR_0 4 ай бұрын

"In years past, most Chinese citizens’ views of the U.S. were largely positive despite ideological differences between the two countries." Surely the person who wrote this is aware of the Indonesian massacres of Chinese minorities at the behest of United States and British diplomats.

@suezcontours6653 4 ай бұрын

Can you give it up? Nobody cares. USA can't fake concern over other people genocides when they have the biggest red ledger

@evergreennj8950 4 ай бұрын

@@suezcontours6653 I'm Chinese American and I do care. I learned about how the Jews were treated in the past, how the Japanese Americans were treated during WW2, how the Chinese immigrants were treated over the course of US history, how the Palestinians are treated in Israel. I care because government and media behavior have and will continue to affect my life and the lives of those I love.

@humgarchaun 4 ай бұрын

^^ China=Asian pride ^^

@TPratchett 4 ай бұрын

UCSD Alum here and long term resident of Singapore, Seoul, and Tokyo. I'm deeply surprised and concerned UCSD is granting the CCP a platform to spread their narrative without rebuttal.

@dannytadashi4235 4 ай бұрын

That’s just BS and nonsense 😃👍

@dannytadashi4235 4 ай бұрын

That’s just pure BS and nonsense 😂😂👍👍!!

@evergreennj8950 4 ай бұрын

Wonder why you have not traveled to China if you've lived long term in the cities you listed. Personal bias?

@TPratchett 4 ай бұрын

@@evergreennj8950 I was in an out of China often. Stunningly beautiful country with wonderful people.

@evergreennj8950 4 ай бұрын

@@TPratchett Interesting that despite regarding China as "stunningly beautiful with wonderful people", you are "deeply surprised and concerned UCSD is granting the CCP a platform to spread their narrative without rebuttal". So you consider Professor Wei Da of Tsinghua University the CCP? This video only has about 3k views. How many millions of views has the PEW report featured in this video gotten? There's no contest here in the West. The brainwashing people are exposed to here are just as effective as the stuff I witnessed in China in the 1970s.