국제사회의 중국 담론에 대한 분석과 시사점(Discourse on China in the International Society and Its Implications)

본 연구는 국제사회에서 형성되고 있는 중국 담론에 대한 분석을 통해 변화된 환경 속에서 새로운 대중국 전략 및 정책을 수립하기 위한 시사점을 도출하고자 한다. 또한 중국을 둘러싸고 전개되는 복잡한 국제정세의 변화를 정확히 이해하고, 이에 대처할 수 있는 범사회적 능력(China literacy)을 향상하는 데 기여하고자 한다. This study began with the idea that the international community’s discourse on China may not be produced, distributed, and utilized separately in each country, but may be formed within a huge global network. So this study tried to examine what the content of the discourse on China is; who produces it; how it is being distributed and utilized in the international community. And it also tries to examine the political dynamics under which the international community’s discourse on China is produced. This study first selected the issues of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the COVID-19 pandemic and conducted a case analysis of the international community’s discourse on China, focusing on these issues. As a result, many interesting facts were discovered. In particular, it was found that political images of the BRI seemed to have a stronger influence than direct experience toward it in shaping the international community’s discourse on the BRI. Through the analysis of three cases, it was possible to identify countries, regions, and organizations that play an important role in shaping the international community’s discourse on China. Among countries or regions, the United States and the United Kingdom appeared to be the most prominent actors in shaping the international community’s discourse on China. In addition, Japan and Taiwan, which are China’s neighbors and have a tense relationship with China in establishing order in the Asian region at the same time, also emerged as important actors. Accordingly, this study analyzed in more depth the mechanisms of how the discourse on China is being formed within the relevant countries and regions, targeting the US, EU (UK), Taiwan, and Japan. At the same time, it also analyzes the formation of the discourse on China in Korea, along with ASEAN, which is becoming increasingly important geopolitically, as can be seen from the U.S. “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) Strategy and China’s BRI. (the rest omitted)