Title: Turkish People’s “Chinese Imagination” and the Communication of the Chinese National Image by Chinese Mainstream Media: Based on the Survey of the Perception of the Chinese National Image by the Turkish People (2016-2019)

Abstract: This article uses two telephone interviews with the Turkish people in 2016 and 2019 by China Radio International as samples to analyze the Turkish people’s perception of the Chinese national image. The study found that the Turkish people’s cognitive data about China has been on the rise in recent years, but China is still a distant country in their minds. The Turkish media’s China reportage shows obvious ideological prejudice, which affects the Turkish people’s perception of China. In response to the current situation, China Radio International promotes some strategies to play a role in the communication of the Chinese national image.

Keywords: Turkey, national image, the imagination of modernity, mainstream Media

Author: Huiqun Li, Associate Professor, Institute of Communication Studies, Communication University of China, Beijing, China; Yongmin Xia, Dean of European and Latin American Language Program Center, Central Radio and Television Station, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.19967/j.cnki.flc.2021.04.010