Formation of the Chinese information space on the New Silk Road

Abstract

The Economic belt of the Silk Road as a relatively new initiative of the PRC and a new phenomenon
of modern international relations has become an integral part of the modern political process with its
internal potential for rapprochement and cooperation, as well as challenges and contradictions. Foreign
policy reflects the state strategy and national interests, including cooperation in the field of culture, economy
and trade. Today we can affirm the interdependence of foreign policy and information space. The
XXI century is called the explosive epoch of information. Information as the basic form of the exchange
of ideas of humanity is simultaneously a symbol of the human mind. We recognize that information today,
perhaps, prevails in most spheres of human, social and state life. As never before in the past, today,
too much attention is paid to information. A special role is given to using the Internet, which created a
new world and plunged everyone into the virtual space of an endless stream of information. MO theories
affirm that the information space of a geopolitical ally or competitor is a specific object and management
tool for the state information policy of any country. A significant role in the formation of public consciousness
is assigned to the mass media, primarily by the fact that they are located during the new Silk
Road. Magazines, newspapers, radio, television, Internet sites, etc., modernizing their activities, refer to
the latest communication tools and important agents of influence. On the one hand, in the modern world
media have long played, the role of the «fourth force», on the other, has become a functional tool in the
international political process. At the same time, information activities in the space between China and
the countries located along this path are intensifying their activity. Russia and Central Asia, as the leading
states of the Silk Road and China’s most important partners, are all pulled together into information
flows of a large Eurasian space. China is actively expanding various cooperation with them in the field
of economy, culture, science, education, etc.
Key words: information space, the Economic belt of the Silk Road, the Chinese media, the Silk Road
Academy, information technologies