This article analyzes Chinese diplomacy during the Covid-19 crisis and the struggle for
control of narratives aimed at constructing an image of a responsible nation. In this paper I …

The present study develops directions of thought for better charting pandemics as cognitive
and socially constructed phenomena, transcending the strictly technical-managerial …

Sharp power is hostile to freedom of expression and thinking, open debate, independence
of thought and individual liberty. 19 It has been revealed that sharp power does this by …

For several years, and especially since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, some Chinese
diplomats, commonly called “wolf warriors” by Western media, have adopted a warlike tone …

The impacts of the novel coronavirus (hereafter COVID-19) pose one of the greatest crises of
our generation. The policy decisions that the US and Chinese governments take will shape …

The world has declared COVID-19 (a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus or novel
coronavirus) to be a pandemic. China has been chastised by various countries, especially …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are witnessing a surge of nationalism throughout an
ostensibly globalized world. In this article, we focus on the “narrative battle” over COVID-19 …

Drawing on the case of Wuhan, this article considers how nationalist discourses evolved in
the Chinese context during the COVID-19 pandemic. It adopts a relational perspective to …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led China to develop aggressive communication, with
diplomatic missions using social media extensively to spread a positive image of Chinese …

This article explores how competing actors established, spread, and challenged visual
representations of the Chinese nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks: how do …