INNOVATIONS IN CHINA’S INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE DOCUMENTARY SERIES “THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IN XINJIANG”)

Abstract

In order to form an objective international public opinion, CGTN, a subsidiary of the Central Radio and Television Administration, launched four documentaries on the fight against terrorism in Xinjiang one after another from December 2019 to April 2021. The series has become a strong and convincing response of China to false statements and reports about the problems of combating terrorism in Xinjiang. The article explores the documentary series. As an object of the case study, the following components of the film are analyzed: its creative concept, structure, composition, shooting and editing, narrative techniques, methods of expression, objective reference materials for the world community, as well as features of creating tendentious foreign propaganda messages on the Xinjiang problem. Based on the analysis of the CGTN documentary series on the fight against terrorism in Xinjiang and positive experience in the field of effective propaganda, the author summarizes the strategies of successful propaganda works for further application in international communication by the Chinese media. The conclusions allow us to outline further vectors for the development of Chinese media, their further synergy with documentary films for conducting their own sovereign information policy to implement the concept of openness and objectivity of China’s information field.