China's cultural interaction with the countries of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative

The influence of China's cultural policy in the framework of the One Belt, One Road initiative covers interaction with various Asian states. The study proposes an analysis of materials, identifying the specifics of China's interaction with other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. As a result, it was found cultural cooperation between India and China is the most difficult for the development of relations between the countries. It has a low efficiency of the cultural policy of the PRC carried out in India. China's relations with the countries of Southeast Asia are in a better state compared to India, however, there are some points concerning territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The educational exchange between China and Mongolia is characterized as very close and has great potential for development. China and Kazakhstan advocate for media cooperation, support academic exchanges between scientific personnel of the two countries, participate in the joint creation of literary works, film and television content, in the field of translation, develop exchanges between representatives of literature and the arts, strengthen cooperation in the humanities, education, healthcare, sports, youth exchange and tourism. Since 2014, relations between China and Russia have begun to reach a new level. The popularity of the Chinese language is steadily growing in Russia. 2020 and 2021 were proclaimed the Years of Scientific, Technical and Innovative Cooperation between the two countries. When conducting and achieving results in its foreign cultural policy, the PRC modifies the policy towards states depending on the presence of factors of convergence and distance.