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324Despite such efforts, the Chinese government’s attempt <strong>to</strong> find amore persuasive international voice may be hampered by its ownmisperceptions regarding foreign societies. Many Chinese officialsbelieve that western governments direct the media in their countries<strong>to</strong> cast <strong>China</strong> in a negative light 26 as part of a vast campaign<strong>to</strong> contain <strong>China</strong>’s emergence as a great power. 27 The fact that theCCP feels the need <strong>to</strong> push back with ambitious media <strong>and</strong> publicdiplomacy efforts against an imaginary U.S.-led international conspiracy(see box, below) is highly revealing—both of the CCP’s nationalsecurity worldview <strong>and</strong> of the challenges the CCP faces insuccessfully adapting its propag<strong>and</strong>a messages <strong>to</strong> international audiences.The Chinese Communist Party <strong>and</strong> itsView of the United StatesThe CCP’s formulation of foreign <strong>and</strong> national security narrativesproceeds from the prism through which the party viewsthe world. This outlook differs significantly from the win-winmessages on international cooperation promoted by the PRC diplomaticcorps <strong>and</strong> foreign language media. Domestic PRC media<strong>and</strong> internal party messages reflect a view of the outside worldcharacterized by perceptions that <strong>China</strong> is surrounded by hostileac<strong>to</strong>rs. This produces a blinkered <strong>and</strong> dis<strong>to</strong>rted underst<strong>and</strong>ing ofthe international system as a whole <strong>and</strong> the United States inparticular.dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with $$_JOBVerDate Nov 24 2008 13:46 Nov 10, <strong>2011</strong> Jkt 067464 PO 00000 Frm 00336 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 G:\GSDD\USCC\<strong>2011</strong>\067464.XXX 067464chapter4afig1.eps

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