The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China

China has increased Although China has send panda as gift to foreign countries since Tang dynasty, this practice is not known and recognized as a public diplomacy until recent decades. The universal appeal of panda make this public diplomacy so successful in getting favourable public opinion in sele...

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Main Author: Sun, Xi
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59025/
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description China has increased Although China has send panda as gift to foreign countries since Tang dynasty, this practice is not known and recognized as a public diplomacy until recent decades. The universal appeal of panda make this public diplomacy so successful in getting favourable public opinion in selected foreign countries and building a long-time cooperation with their international partners in its attempt to shape its global image. Now, panda has become the unique diplomatic tool and important symbol to China. Trade has become an increasingly important part of China’s economy. But because of the China threat theory, trading with China often trigger negative public opinions which hamper the building of long-term trading relations. This thesis adopts quantitative research method and secondary the data is based on Asian countries with the aim to find the impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China. The findings prove that panda has a positive influence to perception of China while trade with other countries will bring negative public opinions. But panda can reduce the negative public opinion from trade.
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spelling nottingham-590252020-05-06T10:30:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59025/ The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China Sun, Xi China has increased Although China has send panda as gift to foreign countries since Tang dynasty, this practice is not known and recognized as a public diplomacy until recent decades. The universal appeal of panda make this public diplomacy so successful in getting favourable public opinion in selected foreign countries and building a long-time cooperation with their international partners in its attempt to shape its global image. Now, panda has become the unique diplomatic tool and important symbol to China. Trade has become an increasingly important part of China’s economy. But because of the China threat theory, trading with China often trigger negative public opinions which hamper the building of long-term trading relations. This thesis adopts quantitative research method and secondary the data is based on Asian countries with the aim to find the impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China. The findings prove that panda has a positive influence to perception of China while trade with other countries will bring negative public opinions. But panda can reduce the negative public opinion from trade. 2020-02-22 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59025/1/20122486_Sun%20Xi.pdf Sun, Xi (2020) The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] soft power public diplomacy panda diplomacy perception of China trade
spellingShingle soft power
public diplomacy
panda diplomacy
perception of China
trade
Sun, Xi
The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China
title The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China
title_full The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China
title_fullStr The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China
title_full_unstemmed The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China
title_short The impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of China
title_sort impact of panda diplomacy on the relationship of trade and perception of china
topic soft power
public diplomacy
panda diplomacy
perception of China
trade
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59025/