Constructing the image of Europe in post-reform China: Chinese media reportage of Europe since 1978 KU Leuven
The landmark ‘reform and opening-up’ policy launched in 1978 by the Chinese government preluded the country’s transformation into an economic superpower and opened a new chapter in the history of its intricate relations with external actors. The inpouring of information from the West, previously blocked by the decade-long Cultural Revolution (1966-76), offered the Chinese public new and sometimes conflicting perspectives to see the world, ...