Latin America China's state media in Latin America: profile and prospects May 28, 2018 0 Written by Ricardo Barrios. Standing in a room full of Latin American and Chinese media elites, Xi Jinping declared the 2016 China-Latin America Media Leaders’…
International Relations Re-envisioning Taiwan’s public diplomacy May 24, 2018 1 Written by William C. Vocke. A large part of the Republic of China’s (ROC’s) foreign policy has focused on the issue of sovereignty and the…
Philippines The Philippines in the Cold War: lessons for today April 6, 2018 0 Written by Elliot Newbold. In May 1947, Paul V. McNutt returned to the United States following his resignation as first US ambassador to the newly…
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 Confucius Institutes and the limits of attraction March 21, 2016 0 Written by Falk Hartig. By late 2015, 500 Confucius Institutes (hereafter CIs) had been established around the world and the number of Confucius Classrooms at…
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.…
China Confusing Public Diplomacy and Soft Power March 10, 2016 0 Written by Barry Buzan. There is little doubt that in relation to its size, wealth, and culture, China underperforms in the area of soft power,…
China Soft Power by Accident? Food for Thought from a Chinese Dating Show March 9, 2016 0 Written by Wanning Sun. If You Are the One (ITATO hereafter, or Feicheng Wurao in Chinese) is a hugely popular dating show from Jiangsu Satellite…
