This dataset is composed of first-of-its-kind quantifiable data on People's Republic of China's (PRC) global public diplomacy efforts from a series of AidData's reports and datasets. It includes metrics for five types of public diplomacy (i.e., financial, cultural, elite-to-elite, exchange, informational diplomacy) and PRC technical assistance initiatives. It also includes measures of how China is perceived by leaders in countries that receive its public diplomacy overtures.
