“The Olympic Torch Burns, and Great Suspicion Blazes” – China Narratives in the German Media during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing 2008

Michael Poerner ()

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell, 2009, vol. 38, issue 1, 161-180

Abstract: This paper focuses on the description of China in leading German daily and weekly newspapers during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On the basis of a brief outline of the main China narratives in German media since the 1950s, this paper analyses China-related articles which were published during the period August 8-15, 2008. It argues that reports on China are mostly based on well established German notions of China and centre around the image of a despotic and/or dangerous China. Therefore, they primarily refer back to the source culture and contain little information of value regarding the target culture.

Keywords: Print Media; International Cultural Relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-04
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