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Scientific Information Research

Keywords

American think tanks; China-related reports; structural topic model; topic mining; topic evolution

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] Under the background of the overall strategic competition between the United States and China, measuring and analyzing the topics and trends of American think tanks' products on China is conducive to understanding the American perception and policy moves towards China. It holds important heuristic significance for coping with external risks, maintaining national security and strategizing for development.

[Method/process] Using the full data of research outputs on China from 11 American think tanks as the research sample, this paper explores the topics and evolutionary trends of American think tanks' products on China, as well as their correlation with China-US economic and diplomatic interactions, through the Structural Topic Model (STM).

[Result/conclusion] American think tanks have shown a high level of attention to China in recent years. Their focus centers on six broad categories encompassing 26 themes, such as international affairs of China, China economy, China technology, China-US relations and so on. Different topics show different temporal evolutionary trends, and they have significant correlations with China-US economic and diplomatic interactions.

First Page

122

Last Page

132

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

ꎺ 10.19809/j.cnki.kjqbyj.2025.04.012

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