Common Chinese Peoples’ Perceptions About Sino-Pak Relations

Abstract

This paper assesses the perception of common Chinese people about China Pakistan relations. What are the common people perceptions about China Pakistan relations, what are the sources of their information and what can be its implications? The paper utilized James Carey’s theory of transmission and ritual communication. It used questionnaire method to collect the responses of 100 Chinese people. The sample was representative of Gender, class and education level. The findings revealed that the perceptions of more than 90 percent respondents are based on state propelled diplomatic rhetoric (Transmission Communication). It also shows that people to people contact and cultural exchanges (Ritual Communication) is extremely limited. Moreover, the findings showed that the biggest sources of information for Chinese people to get information about Pakistan are state TV channels and Newspapers. Other options related to ritual communication (social media, colleagues) were chosen by a very small number of respondents. This paper is the first small step towards a vast, unexplored but extremely vital area of social research between Pakistan and China.

KEY WORDS: China Pakistan Relations, Common Chinese Perception, James Carey, Cross Cultures communication

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18598653