Yellow warning
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2020-1-122-134
Abstract
Among other players in the international arena China causes concerns over its ever-expanding presence in the world, its new geopolitical role and ambitions. Some countries are afraid of becoming economically dependent on China, while others, larger ones, see the strengthening of the PRC as a threat to the alignment of political forces in the world that has consolidated since the end of the Cold War.
The article attempts to analyze the causes and validity of the anxieties regarding the foreign policy of China in the United States and Russia as two global world powers.
Despite the fact that the term “yellow peril” was introduced into scientific circulation as early as the 19th century, it acquires greater relevance precisely with the increasing role of the PRC.
The author hypothesizes that endowing negative senses with China’s foreign policy can mirror the actions of its ruling elite, what necessarily can affect the state’s foreign policy.
The theoretical basis of the research is represented by the works of J. Alexander, G.H. Mead, M. Weber, T. Parsons, C. Cooley, Tu Weimin, S. Huntington.
The empirical base was the data of opinion polls, following which, the author made an attempt to assess the attitude towards China in the United States and Russia.
About the Author
N. B. Pomozova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia B. Pomozova, Cand. of Sci. (Sociology)
bld. 6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125993
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Pomozova N.B. Yellow warning. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2020;(1):122-134. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2020-1-122-134
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