Reflection of India-China Relations in Indian Media: Problems and Perspectives

Vishal Sharma,Marina G Shilina,Manish Kumar

doi:10.22363/2312-9220-2021-26-1-142-148

Abstract

China and India interactions are dominated by strategic and business concerns. Despite the massive growth of bilateral trade between China and India, tensions over territorial and political issues have also grown, particularly in the last years. These effects are mediated and often inflamed by media depictions and perceptions of these tensions. India and China are both aware that peace and cooperation are essential. But it seems some media are more intent on fanning the flames than focusing on the ties that bind the two ancient civilizations. The media can play a constructive role in promoting mutual understanding. This paper deals with different areas of bilateral competition and convergence covered by the media as well as discusses the key differences between the Indian medias coverage of China and the Chinese medias reporting on India of the last years and especially in 2020. The article proposes to discover the problems and perspectives of the Indian media in India-China relations today.

Highlights

China and India have been cooperating on many fronts and many factors matter in their relationship
Large sections of the Chinese public opinion tend to think that the entire Indian media is owned and/or controlled by the government and the political party in power as is the case in China
They assumed that the negative coverage of China in the Indian media was at the instance of the government, which was not a fact [3,4,5,6,7]

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Introduction

China and India have been cooperating on many fronts and many factors matter in their relationship. With a combined population of around 2.6 billion, India and China account for over one third of humanity and one fifth of the global GDP as the world's largest populations and important emerging economies, ties run deep. China is one of India's largest trading partners. Both are members of the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation organization, and leaders from both countries have been stewarding ties by and large masterfully. India and China are both aware that peace and cooperation are essential. The last years India-China relations have gotten worse. It seems some media are Sharma V., Shilina M.G., Kumar M. This subject assumed importance following an escalation of mutual “demonisation” in media of the two countries [1]

Indian media on India Сhina relations

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