China Confucius Institutes and China’s ‘soft power’ July 1, 2015 1 Written by James F. Scotton. Confucius Institutes, the Chinese government’s language and cultural centres hosted by universities throughout the world, are facing increasing academic resistance in…
Culture and Society Chinese Language and Beijing’s Public Diplomacy June 9, 2015 0 Written by Sheng Ding. The political effects of language acquisition, culture exchange, and education contact are important in respect to soft power appeal, and have received…
China Mobile Film Projection in Socialist and Post-Socialist China May 8, 2015 0 Written by Tina Mai Chen. The study of propaganda in socialist and post-socialist China generally focuses on the content and aesthetic conventions of specific genres…
Chinese media From Holding up Half of Heaven to Learning How to Flirt May 7, 2015 0 Written by Chris Berry. Amongst the most memorable commercial films on display at the recently concluded Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy—for all the…
China Minority Dance, Minority Dancers May 6, 2015 0 Written by Emily Wilcox. Most Americans would be hard-pressed to distinguish a waltz from a tango or a salsa from a jitterbug. However, in the…
Soft Power The Soft Power of Local Elections November 19, 2014 0 Written by Stefan Braig. One of the core elements of Taiwan’s soft power and public diplomacy is its self-portrayal as the beacon of democracy among…
Culture and Society China’s global media: Mixed signals February 18, 2014 0 Written by Vivien Marsh. If my former BBC boss Richard Sambrook was right to question the survival of 24-hour rolling television news in the social…
China China’s public diplomacy shifts focus: From building hardware to improving software October 24, 2013 0 Written by Ingrid d’Hooghe. China spends more money and effort on developing public diplomacy strategies and instruments than any other country in the world. The…
China Limits of China’s Cultural Diplomacy October 23, 2013 1 Written by Gary Rawnsley. It is not surprising that the government in Beijing has privileged culture and tradition in its soft power strategy as these…
China China’s struggle with soft power October 22, 2013 0 Written by Gary Rawnsley. In 1990, Joseph Nye published Bound to Lead, which first introduced the term Soft Power to the vocabulary of international relations.…