The Effect of the Chinese Government's Political Propaganda and Individual Characteristics on Anti-US Sentiment
Journal
Asian Survey
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
3
Start Page
381
End Page
406
ISSN
0004-4687
1533-838X
Date Issued
2023-01-31
Author(s)
Long Piao
Abstract
While China has been experiencing rapid economic growth, its conflicts with the United States have become more public. In particular, the argument that the Chinese government can easily gain public support in establishing and promoting national policies under its authoritarian regime has been on the rise. With this background, this study conducts an empirical analysis of data from 4,366 survey respondents using ordinary least squares and ordered logit models to analyze the effect of the Chinese government’s political propaganda and individual characteristics on anti-US sentiment. The results suggest that this propaganda strengthens anti-US sentiment. As for individual characteristics, party officials have stronger anti-US sentiment. Moreover, interacting exposure to political propaganda with the main variables suggests that members of the Communist Party of China, national minorities, and rural residents have stronger anti-US sentiment, presumably because they are more influenced by political propaganda.
Subjects
China-US trade dispute
political propaganda
anti-US sentiment
authoritarian regime
China
Publisher
University of California Press
Type
journal article