The Development of Cultural Ties and Their Influence on the PRC's Political Image in the RF

The aim of the work is to identify the influence of cultural ties on the formation of the political image, as well as the study of the main mechanisms of influence, on the example of the relationship between China and Russia. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are set: 1. Disclose the concepts of "cultural ties" and "political image", as well as highlight the relationship between these concepts, based on the notion of "soft power"; 2. Identify the main instruments of the cultural policy of the PRC; 3. Identify what instruments of cultural policy China uses in the Russian Federation; 4. To analyze the influence of the main mechanisms of Chinese cultural policy in the Russian Federation; 5. To reveal the degree of influence of cultural ties on the formation of the political image of the country, on the example of analysis of Chinese cultural policy in the Russian Federation To solve the set tasks, a wide range of sources on this issue was used, namely legislative acts, agreements, reports, media materials and statistical data. The work consists of three chapters, introduction, conclusion and bibliography. The introduction proves the necessity of studying the influence of cultural ties on the formation of the image in connection with the political situation in the world. In the first chapter, the concepts of "political image" and "cultural ties" and their interrelations are examined. The second chapter examines the cultural policy of the PRC, as well as the tools of cultural policies that China uses in the Russian Federation. In the third chapter, these instruments and their effects are analyzed to form the image of the PRC in the Russian Federation. The conclusion is drawn that Chinese mechanisms influence the formation of a positive image of the PRC and the Russian Federation, while taking into account all the features of the state to which cultural policy is directed.