Imagen de China y su representación en la prensa española en las décadas de 1960 y 1970: el caso del ABC = China’s image and representation in the Spanish press in the 1960s and 1970s: the case of ABC
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Over the 20th century print media appears
as one of the most important opinion-generating
agent. Besides its role as primary source,
it can be used to value how China, in the
broadest sense, and “the chineseness” are
perceived. The author tries to inquire about
the different represented nuances on the
press that build the perception of China in the
imaginary of the Spanish society during 60’s
and 70’s. For this study, references in ABC
newspaper which contain the word “China”
from these years have been analyzed. ABC
was the widest print circulation newspaper in
Madrid and the second one in Spain. The aim
is to examinate how the press have influenced
the construction of an imaginary of China,
which carries the traditional clichés (mysterious,
hermetic, mystic) and adds some news
more suited for Cold War context. Finally, the
author reviews the modelling of China as a
multilateral menace for western countries
(racial, social, political, religious and military
menace); and how this menace fits not only in the anti-communist paranoia but also in
the second half 20th century’s post-colonial
discourse