How to improve China's image

I read in an April 12 article in Lianhe Zaobao that Chinese leaders should be more aggressive in defending China's image abroad in order to avoid the fate of the Soviet Union, which was labeled an "evil empire" by the United States.

While it is true that the Soviet Union was demonized by the West, there is no consensus on China's image among Western nations.

After World War II, some leftist may have been skeptical about China, but were far from hostile. Then in the 1950s, the Korean War triggered a tide of US-led propaganda against China.