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Full Title (English)
Geography Notebooks
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Publisher
LED Edizioni Universitarie
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ISSN
26117207 (Online Journal)
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Journal Volume Number
1
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Journal Issue Number
1
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Journal Issue Designation
Vol 1, No 1 (2018): La Cina e le Nuove Vie della Seta. Approcci geografici e prospettive interdisciplinari
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Journal Issue Date
2018
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Full Title (English)
Tutti cantano Yi Dai Yi Lu? La popolarizzazione del discorso politico sulla Nuova Via della Seta
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By (author)
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Number of Pages
13
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Language of text
Italian
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Publication Date
2018/07/04
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Publisher's own category code
China; online video; institutional discourse; Belt and Road Initiative; Xi Jinping; Cina; video online; discorso istituzionale; Nuova Via della Seta
Main description (English)
The Belt and Road (BRI) Forum for International Cooperation, held in Beijing in May 2017, was the first event to gather official representatives from almost 60 countries in the name of China’s project to re-enliven the spirit of the ancient Silk Road. Before and during the Forum, music videos were released online, promoting the benefits that the BRI would bring to the many populations involved, reproducing keywords from the institutional discourse on the initiative. Institutionally-inspired music videos and cartoons have become growingly common in the Chinese cyberspace since 2013, with the aim to promote the CCP’s political message among younger citizens. Drawing on the analysis of the videos released in relation to the Belt and Road Forum, the contribution discusses the role of such products in the popularisation of the CCP’s political discourse towards national and international audiences.