| In 2013,President Xi Jinping put forward the “One Belt And One Road”initiative for the first time,which attracted widespread attention from the entire international community.After the “One Belt And One Road” initiative was put forward,there were certain differences in the attitudes and perceptions of various countries,and even the opinions of various circles within some countries were different as well.Taking the United States and the European Union as examples,based on the cognitive theory of international relations,this article comprehensively considers the characteristics of the cognitive subject,the characteristics of the cognitive object and the contextual characteristics of interaction,and uses content analysis,case analysis,process tracking and other research methods to explore the differences for the perception of the “One Belt And One Road” initiative between the United States and EU countries and the corresponding reasons.The cognition of the “One Belt And One Road” initiative by the United States and EU countries is the psychological construction of the “One Belt And One Road”initiative as the cognitive object by the United States and EU countries as the cognitive subject.It is deeply influenced by factors such as cognition consistency,arousal situation,historical memory,false perception and so on.The United States has internal differences on its perception of the “One Belt And One Road” initiative.With regard to the “One Belt And One Road” initiative,the US government as a whole holds a negative attitude,and it actually wants to exert more checks and balances.The attitude of the American mainstream media is consistent with that of the government.The reports of the mainstream media on the “One Belt And One Road” initiative are mostly negative,and they pay more attention to its problems,risks and Chinese motives behind it.Compared with the government and the media,the views of American academic circles and many think tank experts are more rational and objective.However,on the whole,they still cannot escape the shackles of their own identity standpoint.The American business community believes that the“One Belt And One Road” initiative can bring more opportunities to themselves,so they hold more positive attitudes,and they actively participate in the construction of“One Belt And One Road” related projects.The reason why the United States is able to present such a cognitive situation is related to its maintenance of its own hegemonic position,and it is also the apparent result of the the governing philosophy of Trump administration.There are also certain disagreements and differences in the perception of the“One Belt And One Road”initiative among various countries within the EU.There are also certain differences in the perception of the“One Belt And One Road”initiative among various countries within the EU.The EU political powers represented by France and Germany treat the “One Belt And One Road” initiative more from a political perspective,and they maintain a cautious and negative stance.However,many small political countries in Central and Eastern Europe do not mind the rise of China.They view the“One Belt And One Road”initiative more from an economic perspective,and actively participate in and seek cooperation in order to improve their own conditions.However,the attitude of many countries is not clear,and their attitudes will change with the continuous development of the“One Belt And One Road” initiative.This difference in perception among EU countries is firstly due to the differences in trade cooperation between the countries and China,and secondly due to the different political discourse power and national status of the countries within the EU.Therefore,their needs and expectations for the“One Belt And One Road”initiative are also different.Generally speaking,the following is the deep-rooted reasons for the negative cognition of the US and some EU countries to the “One Belt And One Road”initiative,the first is the conflict between the Chinese and western cultural values;the second is the misunderstanding of the US and some EU countries to the creditor rights of the “One Belt And One Road” initiative,which is considered as a “new colonialism”;the third point is that the rules of the “One Belt And One Road”initiative are not transparent and delicate enough,so as to give rise to the doubt of some countries and districts;the last point is that the geopolitics dominated by the US hegemonic power greatly contradicts with the rise of China and these countries are not willing to see the rise of China.For this purpose,the countermeasures can be adopted by China include: the first point is to deepen the Chinese and western culture exchange,and increase the openness and inclusiveness of the “One Belt And One Road” initiative,so that the entire world will observe the efforts and sincerity of China;the second point is to increase international consensus propaganda,and promote the transparency of the “One Belt And One Road” rules,and eliminate the suspects and misunderstandings of other countries and districts;the third point is to adhere to the cooperative development philosophy and actively expand the third-party market;the fourth point is to implement the enterprise antecedence strategy and promote the deep cooperation with the European and US enterprises.With these efforts,China can gradually eliminate the misunderstandings of other countries and enable them to have a deeper and more comprehensive cognition to China with the assistance of the “One Belt And One Road”. |
