1,695 articles from China's two English-language state-media channels — the Xinhua English news wire and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' English website (news releases and spokesperson press briefings), 2022–2026. Each sentence is tagged for the regional group or country it references and scored for sentiment, so we can see who China's GSI rhetoric targets and how the tone differs by audience.
The map shows either the volume of mentions (every country mentioned in the GSI corpus) or the share of sentences that are negative — restricted to countries with at least 25 mentions, where the share is stable. Share-negative is a clearer signal than the mean, which is compressed because Chinese state media is uniformly positive in tone; negativity tracks conflict and rivalry (Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine highest). Hover for both; click to open the country profile.
Quarterly coverage of the GSI. The Metric toggle switches between % negative (the share of sentences that are negative — the clearest, most variable signal), mean sentiment (the raw Bing score, compressed and mostly positive), and article count. The chart opens on the actor lines; click any chip below to add a series — including coverage toward authoritarian vs democratic regimes and US allies vs non-allies (by the countries each sentence references), or the two GSI doctrine phrases (indivisible security, legitimate security concerns). Click an active chip again to remove it.
Share of sentences with negative sentiment (Bing score < 0). Higher = more critical coverage.
How much each group is talked about, and the share of those sentences that are negative. Switch the breakdown between regional source groups and the regime / alliance cut (authoritarian vs democratic, US ally vs non-ally — by the countries each sentence references).
Sentence volume (bars) and share of sentences that are negative (dots) per source group, by publication.
Search and sort the 1,695 MFA + Xinhua articles. Sort by sentiment to see the extremes; filter by publication or by keyword.
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