China Foreign Local Awareness of the One Belt One Road Initiative December 8, 2017 0 Written by Julie Yu-Wen Chen. China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative is often seen by observers as a tool that Beijing uses for expanding…
China The Effectiveness of the Chinese Cultural Centres and Confucius Institutes December 2, 2016 0 Written by Xiaoling Zhang. In an effort to increase China’s culture-focused soft power and to secure an international environment conducive to its development and to…
China China: building soft power by contributing to global governance March 31, 2016 0 Written by Ingrid d'Hooghe. Although the words 'soft power' and 'public diplomacy' figure less in Chinese leaders' speeches and government reports these days, China is as…
China All that Glitters is Not Gold: The Limits of China’s Soft Power March 28, 2016 0 Written by Shogo Suzuki. China’s soft power offensive has garnered a lot of attention in recent years. In line with the ubiquitous narratives worrying about the…
China China’s Rising Economic Soft Power March 25, 2016 0 Written by John Wong. Shortly after consolidating his power to become China’s only real “strong man” since Deng Xiaoping, President Xi Jinping promised national rejuvenation to…
China The Rise of Chinese Soft Power in Africa March 24, 2016 0 Written by Adams Bodomo. Is there Chinese soft power in Africa, and how does this compare with American soft power? Most people often begin discussion on…
China Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream and Soft Power March 18, 2016 0 Written by Jan Servaes. The former dean of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Joseph Nye, introduced the concept of soft power in 1990.…
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 China’s Language Policies June 8, 2015 0 Written by Li Wei. Since 2006, China’s State Language Commission, an administrative department under the Ministry of Education, has been compiling an annual Green Paper…
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…