The COVID-19 Effect: US-China Narratives and Realities

IF 1.2 3区 社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Min Ye
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated geopolitical tensions between the United States and China while restricting policy dialogues, amplifying extreme sentiments, and sidestepping rational observations The outcomes are extremist and divided narratives, emphasizing China's triumphalism on one hand and inherent weaknesses on the other Under such narratives, China's policy voices and actions in combatting the pandemic and economic fallout were under-studied and discounted, with harmful impacts on the US response to the virus, economic recession, and shifting globalization This paper studies China's official statements, research reports, and scholarly opinion networks in 2020 and finds that, though there were various policy discussions, the general argument was for expanding China's globalism during and after the pandemic Meanwhile, China's policy actors--national agencies, local governments, and state-owned enterprises (SOEs)--strive to continue globalization and adapt to new realities after COVID-19 This article first discusses the effect of COVID-19 on US-China relations, focusing on the gap between narratives and realities It then synthesizes the US narratives on China in 2020, highlighting their extreme and divided nature
新冠肺炎效应:中美叙事与现实
新冠肺炎疫情加剧了中美地缘政治紧张局势,限制了政策对话,放大了极端情绪,回避了理性观察,结果是极端主义和分裂的叙述,一方面强调中国的必胜信念,另一方面强调中国的内在弱点。在这种叙述下,中国在应对疫情和经济影响方面的政策声音和行动没有得到充分研究和低估。本文研究了2020年中国的官方声明、研究报告和学术意见网络,发现尽管有各种各样的政策讨论,但总体观点是在疫情期间和之后扩大中国的全球主义。本文首先讨论了新冠肺炎疫情对中美关系的影响,重点关注叙事与现实之间的差距,然后综合了2020年美国对中国的叙事,突出了其极端和分裂的本质
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2.90
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5.90%
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期刊介绍: The Washington Quarterly (TWQ) is a journal of global affairs that analyzes strategic security challenges, changes, and their public policy implications. TWQ is published out of one of the world"s preeminent international policy institutions, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and addresses topics such as: •The U.S. role in the world •Emerging great powers: Europe, China, Russia, India, and Japan •Regional issues and flashpoints, particularly in the Middle East and Asia •Weapons of mass destruction proliferation and missile defenses •Global perspectives to reduce terrorism Contributors are drawn from outside as well as inside the United States and reflect diverse political, regional, and professional perspectives.
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