The Effect of the Chinese Government’s Political Propaganda and Individual Characteristics on Anti-US Sentiment

Piao, Long; Wu, Hsin-Che

doi:10.1525/as.2023.1808498

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“…However, in the case of China, populist protests focus on a variety of issues, including labour laws, pension and social security, reforms in state-owned enterprises, environmental issues, corruption, forced evictions, unpaid wages, human rights abuses, environmental degradation, ethnic protests, petitioning for religious freedom and civil liberties, protests against one-party rule as well as nationalist protests against foreign countries (Chen, 2000; Chen, 2003; Cho, 2023; Freeman, 2010; Li, 2004; Piao, 2023; Ruan & Wang, 2023; The Economist, 2005; van Rooij, 2010; Yang, 2003). All of these have played a massive role in gradually (re-)shaping, (re-)orienting and/or (re-)directing the political environment in China over the period of time.…”

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Populist Protests and the Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy: (Re)emerging Pragmatic Populism in China

Reghunadhan

2023

International Studies

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Populist protests in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have recently emerged as a reaction against the Chinese authorities’ stringent measures under its dynamic zero-COVID policy. Besides the vehement criticism and protests against the dynamic zero-COVID policy, during some protests, there have been ensuing calls across the country for President Xi Jinping to step down. The article argues that this scenario can further deteriorate the overall political legitimacy of the Communist Party of China on a long-term basis. According to the article, the protests indicate the re-emergence of populism in the PRC, which incidentally and historically has parallels to the protests at Tiananmen Square, and the 1919 May Fourth Movement. The article theorizes John Dewey’s concept of ‘pragmatic populism’ and the aspect of protests during the period, which inherently provides many ideational and relational facets with the recent protests in China.

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Populist Protests and the Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy: (Re)emerging Pragmatic Populism in China

Reghunadhan

2023

International Studies

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Political biases and inconsistencies in bilingual GPT models—the cases of the U.S. and China

Zhou,

Zhang

2024

Sci Rep

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The growing popularity of ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) has led to many studies investigating their susceptibility to mistakes and biases. However, most studies have focused on models trained exclusively on English texts. This is one of the first studies that investigates cross-language political biases and inconsistencies in LLMs, specifically GPT models. Using two languages, English and simplified Chinese, we asked GPT the same questions about political issues in the United States (U.S.) and China. We found that the bilingual models’ political knowledge and attitude were significantly more inconsistent regarding political issues in China than those in the U.S. The Chinese model was the least negative toward China’s problems, whereas the English model was the most critical of China. This disparity cannot be explained by GPT model robustness. Instead, it suggests that political factors such as censorship and geopolitical tensions may have influenced LLM performance. Moreover, both the Chinese and English models tended to be less critical of the issues of their “own country,” represented by the language used, than of the issues of “the other country.” This suggests that multilingual GPT models could develop an “in-group bias” based on their training language. We discuss the implications of our findings for information transmission in an increasingly divided world. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1038/s41598-024-76395-w.

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The effect of official intervention on reducing the use of potentially discriminatory language during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Jiang,

Wu,

Zuo

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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This study used the Baidu Index to analyze searches using discriminatory language toward the source of the outbreak during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found a strong correlation between official intervention and a reduction in searches using discriminatory language. Following the official naming of the virus bt the government, the general public understood that searches using discriminatory language should be avoided, and search behavior dramatically changed. Meanwhile, this study also found that official intervention also overcame the effects of local socioeconomic factors. Regions with higher levels of socioeconomic development and higher population density had a stronger discriminatory language in internet searches, while the opposite was the case for regions with lower CPI and unemployment rates. However, after the official intervention, these factors no longer had a significant effect. It is recommended that officials worldwide provide early official media guidance during infectious disease outbreaks to reduce the use of discriminatory language and ensure the delivery of transparent and effective information to the public.

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The Effect of the Chinese Government’s Political Propaganda and Individual Characteristics on Anti-US Sentiment

Cited by 6 publications

References 47 publications

Populist Protests and the Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy: (Re)emerging Pragmatic Populism in China

Populist Protests and the Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy: (Re)emerging Pragmatic Populism in China

Political biases and inconsistencies in bilingual GPT models—the cases of the U.S. and China

The effect of official intervention on reducing the use of potentially discriminatory language during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

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