Nhiều hơn những gì thấy được: Hiểu biết về nhận thức về Trung Quốc vượt ra ngoài sự phân cực Tích cực - Tiêu cực

Xiaojun Li1
1the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Tóm tắt

Trung Quốc được công dân của các quốc gia khác nhìn nhận như thế nào? Dữ liệu khảo sát phổ biến dựa trên thang đo cảm thụ có thể tiết lộ các mô hình tổng quát về cảm xúc công cộng hướng đến Trung Quốc, nhưng không nhất thiết phản ánh đầy đủ các sở thích đa chiều của công chúng. Bài viết này đi sâu vào một loạt khảo sát được thực hiện ở Canada, bao gồm nhiều chủ đề từ thương mại và đầu tư đến lãnh đạo quốc tế. Hai kết luận chính xuất hiện. Thứ nhất, nhận thức công cộng về Trung Quốc phức tạp và mâu thuẫn hơn nhiều so với những gì có thể nhanh chóng tìm thấy từ sự phân cực đơn giản 'tích cực so với tiêu cực', đặc biệt khi xem xét từ ấn tượng tổng thể đến các vấn đề chính sách cụ thể hơn. Thứ hai, sự hiểu lầm về Trung Quốc rất phổ biến và có thể khó để khắc phục, nhất là đối với những người đã có cái nhìn tiêu cực về Trung Quốc. Vào thời điểm mà các quốc gia trên thế giới đang phải đối phó với sự trỗi dậy của Trung Quốc và sự mở rộng tầm ảnh hưởng toàn cầu của nước này, việc không tính đến những đặc điểm này trong công luận về Trung Quốc có thể dẫn đến các chính sách sai lầm.

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