Mar 21,2014 Special Forum Domestic Factors in China’s International Relations Discourse: Chinese Debates on the Role of Public Opinion Two contrasting perspectives have been featured in recent years about the role of domestic public opinion in China’s foreign policy making. On the one hand, the bottom-up viewpoint is that popular nationalism is a driving force in policymaking, influencing decisions on Japan and the United States, among other matters. Commercialized media appeal to it, official […] Maria Repnikova Censorship , public opinion , quality , voluntary 50-centers