Framing BRI Withdrawals on Chinese Social Media: Strategies and Audience Engagement

• In Event: China's Belt and Road Initiative

Brief Overview

This study analyzes how BRI withdrawals are framed on Chinese social media and how these frames affect audience engagement. Using computational framing and regression analysis of 807 Weibo posts, it reveals how narratives shape domestic legitimacy.

Author

• Xin Tong, University of Tennessee, Knoxville