Does the CCP need to learn PD or does it just not care?
Fallout from Tibet: dueling interpretations of the PRC’s response.
Does anyone have sources analyzing which party factions are less concerned with China’s image abroad and why? This offers an excellent entree for some exploration of the organizational dynamics of the CCP.The role, that of a modern country embracing the world, has already been compromised by the unrest in Tibet and the way the world is viewing the government’s reaction, the analysts said. Shambaugh, at George Washington University, characterized the government’s attempt so far to manage its image in the aftermath of the violence as “heavy-handed” — resorting to vilification of the Dalai Lama and questioning the motives of foreign critics.
“The government is not particularly adept at public diplomacy, as they define it as ‘external propaganda’ and pursue it as such,” he said.
But a Beijing-based scholar and political analyst said some party factions do not care much about China’s image abroad, even in this Olympic year, provided the party is seen to be firmly in control. “A lot of these guys in a crisis go into the default mode, and that is: Crack down,” he said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive subject.
