
ISTPP Research Scientist and Assistant Director, Xinsheng Liu, was invited to give a talk on his research “A Quantitative Account of News Media and Presidential Perceptions of China: 1979-Present” to the faculty and graduate students at the China Foreign Affairs University on June 11, 2016. Liu used quantitative data based on content analysis to show how and why the news media and presidential perceptions of China (including total attention, dimensional attention, and image) have evolved over time. Liu also discussed the policy implications of these changes.