China’s Strategic Narratives on International Security Issues: Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Journal: Journal of Chinese Political Science
Year: 2026

This paper utilizes a strategic narrative approach to grasp China’s views of contemporary international security politics. It explores Chinese international system narratives and policy-issue narratives presented in official policy documents, with reference to the cases of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In particular, this paper asks two questions: How and to what extent are Chinese strategic narratives pertaining to the ongoing conflicts in