A Corpus-Based Analysis of Public Opinion to the Belt and Road Initiative Represented by the Indian Leading English Newspapers
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DOI: 10.25236/icess.2019.192
Corresponding Author
Dan Wang
Abstract
Based on the coverage of the “Belt and Road” in the Indian English Newspapers, this paper analyzes the public opinion presentation of the “Belt and Road Initiative” in India and its reasons using the corpus method. The study found that the Indian media’s attention to the Belt and Road changed with the changes in China-India relations. Public opinion on the Belt and Road has generally been negative. Most reports believe that the Belt and Road Initiative has the purpose of Chinese geopolitics.
Keywords
Belt and road initiative, Corpus, Indian english newspaper, Public opinion