Xinhua News Agency Foreign Language Report International Communication Research

Author: Du Jian (Deputy Director and Director of the International Department of Xinhua News Agency International Department)

Source: "Young Reporter", No. 17, 2022

The basic situation of the US think tank report quoted Xinhua News Agency's foreign language reports

The United States has a think tank with the largest number of global and most suggestions and suggestions. It plays the role of "foreign brain" in the process of the United States' policy direction and policy formulation, and plays the role of providing professional suggestions and affecting political decision -making. For a long time, American think tank scholars have regarded reports from mainstream media such as Xinhua News Agency as the source of authority to track China's latest developments. Since Biden entered the White House, 10 well -known think tanks in the United States, left and neutral think tanks, Brokins Society, Strategy and International Issues Research Center, Foreign Affairs Relations Association, Atlantic Council, Carnegie International Peace Foundation, The New American Security Center, as well as the right -hand think tank Harden Institute, Traditional Foundation, and American Enterprise Research Institute, etc., have released a large number of deep research reports in China. The author uses "China" (China) as the keyword. From April 2021 to April 2022, he searched 44 special reports on China ’s research on research on China. The comprehensive and in -depth research and analysis of military development, the topic covers the "Belt and Road", common prosperity, Sino -US relations, Sino -US relations, and economic development models. Through the annotation of these 44 report texts, "XINHUA" (Xinhua News Agency) is used as a keyword to search, and it is unrelated to repeat or only mention the keywords. It is reported that the proportion has reached 88%. Reporting reports are roughly divided into two categories, one is related reports such as Chinese leaders' speeches and authority published by Xinhua News Agency; the other is international reports on foreign exchanges in China's political, economic, diplomacy and other fields.

Taking the report "Guide to Extreme Competition with China" [1] released on December 2, 2021 as an example, this 71 -page report analyzes China's global status and actions, the United States formulates competition with China to compete with China Strategic factors and other content. A total of 6 reports have led to Xinhua News Agency's foreign language reports, including an English close -up "Feature: China Initiated Satellite TV Proral Africa", which was broadcast on August 11, 2017. In April 2021, the American Foreign Relations Association released a report entitled "The Influence of the Belt and Road" initiative on the United States [2]. This report by the former Minister of Finance Jacob Lu and the former Navy of the United States Minister of Finance, Gary Rafe Heide, was led by 11 foreign reports that attracted Xinhua News Agency. The content of the speech is mainly. In April of the same year, the Brukins School issued a report entitled "China's Arctic Activity and Ambition" [3], which led to 16 foreign reports of Xinhua News Agency. In addition to Chinese leaders' speeches and other reports, it also includes international reports from economic cooperation between China and other countries.

In the regional research topics involving China and related regions, the US think tank reports Xinhua News Agency as an important source of information. For example, on April 20 this year, the Atlantic Council issued a report entitled "China's Talk Operation in the Global Southern" [4] to analyze the overall situation of China ’s rights and layouts in the southern Sahara, Latin America, and the Middle East. In the content involved in Latin America, "XINHUA ESPAOL" (Xinhua Western language) was mentioned, of which six times led to reports from Xinhua News Agency's Western Line.

In addition to the direct transfer, some US think tank reports also indirectly quoted Xinhua News Agency foreign language reports to form secondary communication. For example, in this report "China's Arctic Activity and Ambition" [5], there is a report that the content is marked as a Reuters "China's CGN Acquires 75 Percent of Stedish Wind Farm: xinhua", but this report is actually actually the report. It is Reuters who use Xinhua News Agency as the source, which can be regarded as indirect transformation. In addition, Xinhua News Agency's multi -language accounts operated by overseas social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have also attracted more and more attention from US think tanks. For example, the Carnegie International Peace Foundation issued a report on June 2, 2021 entitled "The Local Roots of China Participating in Pakistan Affairs" [6], which explains the media exchanges and cooperation between China and Pakistan in a large space. The content of the Xinhua News Agency Wudu Twitter account.

In summary, this study further proves that foreign language reports of Xinhua News Agency are one of the important sources of information that affects the US government's diplomatic think tank. In recent years, Chinese mainstream media have taken a certain effect in improving international communication capabilities. At the same time, this also publicly stated that some experts and scholars in the United States have stated that reading Xinhua News Agency and other mainstream media reports is consistent with the study of "compulsory courses" in China.

What channels do American think tank scholars study China

At the moment when the US House and Court of House are full of anxiety about the rise of China, it provides space for the participation of major think tanks in the United States to discuss the policy of China and show its space. The Brookings Society, who has a history of more than 100 years, invites Chinese issues such as Ryan Hass, Richard C. Bush, and David Dollar. [7] He Ryan is a senior researcher at the East Asian Policy Research Center of the Brukins Society and the John Sangton China Center. In daily research, he focused on reports from mainstream media such as Xinhua News Agency and People's Daily, as well as reports released by think tanks such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese Academy of International Issues. [8] He Ruien believes that with the increasing competition in the United States and China, for American decision makers, experts, and the public, accurately understanding Beijing's intention and its strengths and shortcomings in the pursuit of goals are becoming more and more important. He has a choice to use texts to support them to support their preferences about China. He believes that many speeches, comments and reports announced by the US government or think tank echo each other, and different interest groups will use this to implement their own policy preferences. The conclusion that has a deviation cannot be touched. [9] Bu Ruizhe is a very senior researcher at the East Asian Policy Research Center of the Brookings Society and the John Sangton China Center. Bu Ruizhe usually considers the words of Chinese leaders or in the official documents, and conducts horizontal or vertical comparisons to find new changes and new trends and form their own judgment. The research of Du Dawei, a senior researcher at the John Sangton China Center and the Global Economic and Development Center of the Brukins Society, focuses on the economic exchanges of China's economy and countries along the Belt and Road Initiative. He believes that except for China's official economy and finance In addition to the information released by the agency, you can also refer to the information organized by the International Monetary Fund, especially the "Article 4 Consultation Report" issued by the agency and the part of the "World Economic Outlook Report". [10]

How to improve the precise communication for the "key minority" for the West

As mentioned above, the suggestions of American think tank scholars have a profound impact on the trend of the US government on China, coupled with the special talent flow mechanism of American politicians and think tank scholars, to do this "key minority" for this "key minority". The precise communication of the group, truly "influential people" are an important direction to tell Chinese stories and spread Chinese voices.

(1) Strengthen the agenda settings. In the context of US think tank scholars on China's mainstream media reports, the content of Chinese mainstream media reports affects how American think tank scholars view and understand China to some extent. However, the decisive impact on these scholars' cognition of China is not a single issue of fragmentation, but a cognitive network composed of a series of issues. This requires China's mainstream media to strengthen the overall planning in foreign reports, and further promote the transformation from a single -line issue setting to a multi -perspective agenda settings. , So as to keep the agenda settings, the right to interpret the news, the right to interpret the news, and the power of important concepts.

(2) Innovation and accurate spread. Chinese mainstream media such as Xinhua News Agency can also consider further exploration to improve the level of accurate communication to American think tank scholars through the newsletter (news letter/news email). Newsletter is an important medium for the spread of information dissemination of Western elite. Its information dissemination has the characteristics of accuracy and efficiency. Many American think tank scholars have subscription habits. In an interview with the author of Tsinghua University, Professor Jin Yibin of Tsinghua University said that NEWSLETTER, as a channel of news information dissemination, is the most significant advantage that it is not filtered or shaped by the platform algorithm and can effectively achieve accurate direct communication. Therefore, it can timely interpret the content of China's economic and social development, foreign policy and other contents to the US think tank scholars in a timely manner through the newsletter, and hedge the negative interpretation of some foreign media, thereby influenced their vision and cognition of China.

(3) Strengthen peer dialogue. In recent years, with the continuous deepening of the national high -end think tank construction, the Chinese think tank discourse has attracted more and more attention from American counterparts. He Ruien believes that the best insight in the development of China's domestic affairs and fierce discussions often comes from communicating with Chinese peers. He said: "My Chinese counterparts understand these issues and parties in a way I never understand, just as I am not intuitively understood domestic affairs for them." [11] This means In the context of increasingly fierce public opinion, the importance of communication and dialogue between Chinese and foreign think tanks is increasingly prominent. On the one hand, domestic think tanks can be considered to further increase the output of foreign discourse, and strengthen a certain topic by publishing the results of think tank research. On the other hand, we can actively build a platform for Chinese and foreign experts and scholars. , Guide public opinion.

At present, the century -old changes are overwhelmed by the century -old epidemic, and the spillover effect of the Russian and Ukraine conflict has caused the world's unstable uncertainty factors to increase sharply.In the context of the world's entry into deep change adjustment, the dispute between the right to speak in China and the West will become more whitening.Faced with worldwide agenda such as climate change, global development, and elimination of poverty, China's position, Chinese perspective, and Chinese voice will be more and more widespread from the international community.Therefore, organically integrate the "we want to say" and "the other party want to listen", adjust the output of discourse according to the differences of the audience, and improve the level of popularization and accuracy of overseas experts, scholars, generations such as generations,A must -answer internationally communication capabilities.Reference format for this article:

Du Jian. Xinhua News Agency reports international communication research-based on US think tank-related transfer data [J]. Young reporter, 2022 (17): 71-72.

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