Damages to China’s Image

[claireokc]

From the beginning of this century until the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China made impressive economic achievements and its leadership spent massive resources building the country’s image. At the same time, the Bush administration was preoccupied with combatting terrorism and the Middle East, which offered China an opportunity to expand its horizons, especially in the Asia Pacific region. The Obama administration tried to redress the balance, but progress was limited. President Donald Trump was concerned about the China threat. He exerted economic pressures on China and confronted China in competition for international support in the ideological arena. Mainstream media and public opinion in the United States began to reassess the Chinese Communist regime. Beijing’s suppression of Hong Kong and its human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet elicited a lot of protests from the international community. ...

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