Open AccessThe Role of Competing Narratives in China and the West’s Response to Covid-19
Author(s) -
Chris Ogden
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the british association for chinese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2048-0601
DOI - 10.51661/bjocs.v10i0.121
Subject(s) - geopolitics , narrative , china , foreign policy , battle , covid-19 , political science , international relations , perspective (graphical) , pandemic , political economy , sociology , gender studies , history , law , politics , linguistics , philosophy , ancient history , medicine , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
The geopolitical battle to shape the Covid-19 narrative has significant implications for national understandings and foreign policy debates about China. Writing from an International Relations perspective, the author argues that analysing and tracing these narratives will help to enhance our understanding of China’s contemporary rise, the longer-term implications that the current pandemic will have upon its foreign policy, and nature of international affairs more broadly.