News Reporting Trends on the China-Europe Railway Express, 2016-2024

News articles from 22 countries along the China-Europe Railway Express (CRE) route, collected and analyzed for spatiotemporal trends from 2016 to 2024. The dataset was created by Li, Hongxiu and uses statistical analysis and Moran’s Index to examine media coverage and its correlation with transportation cooperation. The study links news reporting to socioeconomic indicators like GDP, population, and geographic size.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in media coverage of the CRE based on the 2016-2024 time series mentioned in the description
• Studying spatial dependence and spillover effects of news reporting across 22 countries using Moran’s Index
• Investigating correlations between news volume and socioeconomic indicators like GDP and population
• Modeling the relationship between transportation cooperation mechanisms and media attention

Strengths

• Covers an 8-year time range from 2016 to 2024
• Includes data from 22 countries along the CRE route
• Analysis incorporates established spatial statistical methods (Moran’s Index)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the selected 22 countries and news sources

Provenance

Source

Hongxiu Li Dataverse

Collection Method

News reporting collected and analyzed using statistical analysis and Moran’s Index method

Time Range

2016 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 18:20:26; freshness should be verified

Geography

22 countries along the China-Europe Railway Express route