Replication Data for: State As Salesman: International Economic Engagement and Foreign News Coverage in Chinadoi:10.7910/DVN/JNI6TOHarvard Dataverse2021-07-172Liu, Hanzhang; Chengyuan Ji, 2021, "Replication Data for: State As Salesman: International Economic Engagement and Foreign News Coverage in China", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JNI6TO, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:XsievTXdMtgZzlxmMj/m9g== [fileUNF]Replication Data for: State As Salesman: International Economic Engagement and Foreign News Coverage in Chinadoi:10.7910/DVN/JNI6TOLiu, HanzhangChengyuan JiHarvard DataverseHanzhang LiuLiu, Hanzhang2021-07-17Social SciencesHow does an authoritarian regime cover news about foreign countries for its domestic audience? What accounts for the variation in news coverage received by different foreign countries? While existing literature points to political concerns at home, in this article, we argue that a regime's economic interests can also be a driving force: the desire to deepen its international economic engagement can motivate the regime to treat foreign countries differently in its news coverage. To test this argument, we examine foreign news coverage by China's state-run television network between 2003 and 2018. Combining textual and quantitative analysis, we find that countries with stronger economic ties with China receive more favorable news coverage. Moreover, the manipulation of coverage favorability is achieved through selective reporting: negative events such as armed conflicts receive less coverage when taking place in a country with close economic ties with China. These findings contribute to our understanding of international news flow, especially in a non-Western setting. They also demonstrate a pragmatic rather than political use of information control by an authoritarian government.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>news_fav.tab302267text/tab-separated-valuesUNF:6:XsievTXdMtgZzlxmMj/m9g==year3022.02018.02002.02010.03242885506280.04.8966418033940124.2010.0UNF:6:mdBunx80E1XA2bWC25seqQ==COW country code465.01191264062392.0251.544843317550540.0990.0452.0.3022.0UNF:6:UML1U5p+1p565TRtqZ2+rA==Country NameUNF:6:hhw593qAwy3+oT9+k0k5LA==3-letter Country CodeUNF:6:pm1w8jK73Mum5g9GeY/6+A==number of news reports176.0.1198.02846.066.173992520566224.00.022.03092059030226UNF:6:Zs9mMQsebXJyqdjdv1MlaA==Sentiment Index5.02271.0.751.02.9544527693896367-1.4814814329147339-5.0-1.1200008061503257UNF:6:qtjarwn1hkx5kbMK8s/y1g==coverage favorability11.88881827463499433.655033111572266.2271.0-5.646542404990365-102.2909927368164751.0-4.685213088989258UNF:6:HezhfmO4z1ZuzL1j6AWS0w==coverage favorability: alternative score with imputed 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