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Tisch Library Undergraduate Research Award Winner, 2017. The first foreign media coverage of China can be traced back to 13th century when an Italian, Marco Polo, wrote a detailed description of the contemporary Yuan Dynasty of China. Since then, foreign missionaries, diplomats, travellers, scholars and journalists have all contributed substantially to the images of China. After Deng Xiaoping’s ... read moreeconomic reform and open policy in 1970s, the international community witnessed the emergence and rise of the Asian power. More and more attention was attracted and the foreign media coverage of contemporary China increased at an unprecedented pace. Some of this coverage provided in-depth information that elevated several issues to a broader attention. However, some of the contemporary foreign coverage often exaggerated and even intentionally fabricated. The 2011 Wukan Incident was one of the main targets of contemporary foreign media, who substantially exaggerated and fabricated the entire incident.read less
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