The Chinese Communist Party and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Face Loss, Status Anxiety, Resentment

IF 1.7 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Global Society Pub Date : 2022-07-14 DOI:10.1080/13600826.2022.2098701

Steve Wood

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic gave new impetus to the influence of face and status on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the political leadership of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Occurring when relations between the PRC and the liberal-democratic world were already tense, the pandemic introduced a new vector into a highly politicised context involving domestic and global audiences. It caused the CCP acute embarrassment, undermined its status ambition, and intensified an extant resentment towards perceived competitors and critical voices. Anxieties about loss of face and status manifested in the histrionics and policies of CCP/PRC officials and state media towards the United States and Australia.

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中国共产党与新冠肺炎大流行:丢面子、地位焦虑、怨恨

新冠肺炎疫情给中国共产党(中国人民共和国的政治领导层)的面子和地位带来了新的影响。疫情发生时，中国与自由民主世界之间的关系已经紧张，在涉及国内和全球受众的高度政治化背景下，疫情引入了一种新的载体。它使中共陷入严重的尴尬，削弱了其地位的野心，并加剧了对被认为是竞争对手和批评声音的现有怨恨。中共/中华人民共和国官员和国家媒体对美国和澳大利亚的装腔作势和政策表现出对失去面子和地位的焦虑。

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