China as a Global Narrator

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This excellent collection advances our understanding of China's global storytelling by showing that strategic narratives do not simply travel from sender to recipient but are negotiated, adapted, and contested by diverse audiences. Bringing together rich case studies, the volume offers a sophisticated account of strategic narratives as a relational process shaped by local histories, identities, and political contexts. Its emphasis on audience agency, inter-narrativity, and co-production makes for a fascinating contribution to the study of international relations.- Alister Miskimmon, Queen’s University Belfast

Empirically rich and analytically sophisticated, this book offers a comprehensive examination of how China’s narratives are received, localized, contested, and transformed across diverse global contexts - Xiaoyu Pu, University of Nevada

This volume explores the strategic use and reception of narratives, focusing on China’s global storytelling. While existing scholarship has largely examined how political elites craft strategic narratives to shape global discourse, this volume advances a relational understanding of narrative power. It argues that narratives are not simply transmitted from sender to receiver but emerge through ongoing interactions between storytellers and audiences. In the first part, chapters examine how China constructs and promotes global narratives and explore the historical, and geopolitical foundations of China’s storytelling. The second part focuses on how audiences across Europe and the Global South receive, reinterpret, or resist these narratives. Featuring contributions from leading and emerging scholars, the volume offers a timely framework for understanding China's narrative strategies and their role in an evolving international order.

Julia Gurol is a researcher at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies, focusing on Chinese foreign policy, narratives in international relations, infrastructure politics and authoritarianism. She is the author of The EU-China Security Paradox (2022) and has published in leading International Relations and Chinese studies journals such as International Affairs or the Journal of Contemporary China.

This edited volume explores the strategic use and reception of narratives in international relations, with a particular focus on China’s global storytelling. While existing scholarship has largely examined how political elites craft strategic narratives to legitimize policies and shape global discourse, this volume advances a relational understanding of narrative power. It argues that narratives are not simply transmitted from sender to receiver but emerge through ongoing interactions between storytellers and audiences. The first part examines how China constructs and promotes global narratives. Chapters explore the ideological, historical, and geopolitical foundations of China’s storytelling and its efforts to shape international norms. The second part focuses on how audiences across Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Central Asia, and the Middle East receive, reinterpret, adapt, or resist these narratives. Featuring contributions from leading and emerging scholars, the volume offers a timely framework for understanding China's narrative strategies and their role in an evolving international order.

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Themen in »China as a Global Narrator«

China as a global narrator Inter-narrativity in China’s external communication Relationality in China’s external communication Global South perspectives on China as a global actor Global South engagement with Chinese narratives The role of narratives in world politics Narratives as a tool of power Localizing China in the Global South Political nostalgia in China’s foreign policy Memory politics in China’s foreign policy

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“This excellent collection advances our understanding of China's global storytelling by showing that strategic narratives do not simply travel from sender to recipient but are negotiated, adapted, and contested by diverse audiences. Bringing together rich case studies, the volume offers a sophisticated account of strategic narratives as a relational process shaped by local histories, identities, and political contexts. Its emphasis on audience agency, inter-narrativity, and co-production makes for a fascinating contribution to the study of international relations.” (Alister Miskimmon, Queen’s University Belfast)

“Empirically rich and analytically sophisticated, this book offers a comprehensive examination of how China’s narratives are received, localized, contested, and transformed across diverse global contexts.” (Xiaoyu Pu, University of Nevada)

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