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China's Soft Power and International Relations

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China's Soft Power and International Relations

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China's Soft Power and International Relations book

China's Soft Power and International Relations

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China's Soft Power and International Relations book

Edited ByHongyi Lai, Yiyi Lu
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2012
eBook Published 5 April 2012
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203122099
Pages 232
eBook ISBN 9780203122099
Subjects Area Studies, Development Studies
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Lai, H., & Lu, Y. (Eds.). (2012). China's Soft Power and International Relations (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203122099

ABSTRACT

China’s soft power has attracted considerable attention in the recent decade. In this volume scholars from the U.K., Europe, the U.S., Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and mainland China, including a number of well established and well known analysts on China, examine main areas where China has made noticeable advances in its appeal and influence. They include China’s foreign policy discourse, international communication, cultural diplomacy, and foreign assistance. In addition, Chinese concept of soft power, foreign policy strategy, and the relationship between its international standing and that of the U.S. are also closely analysed. The volume covers some of the most recent development and assesses China’s soft power critically. This book offers an assessment of China’s efforts to cultivate its international image, as well as a critique of Nye’s theory of soft power. It draws on case studies of the Chinese diplomatic practice and utilizes world opinion polls. This volume offers a theoretical and empirical perspective on the discussion on soft power with a particular focus on China’s soft power.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|20 pages

Introduction: The soft power concept and a rising China: Hongyi Lai

ByHONGYI LAI

chapter 2|18 pages

‘Soft power’ and Chinese soft power YONGNIAN ZHeNG ANd CHI ZHANG

chapter 3|25 pages

Soft language, soft imagery and soft power in China’s diplomatic lexicon dAvId SCOTT

chapter 4|19 pages

The quandary of China’s soft- power rhetoric: the “peaceful- rise” concept and internal debate dOMINIk MIeRZeJeWSkI

chapter 5|21 pages

China’s cultural diplomacy: Going for soft power: Hongyi Lai

ByHONGYI LAI

chapter 6|17 pages

Challenges for China’s international communication: Yiyi Lu

ByYIYI L U

chapter 7|17 pages

Challenges for China’s harmonious diplomacy CHeNG ( JASON ) QIAN

chapter 8|32 pages

Debunking the myth of China’s soft power: changes in China’s use of foreign assistance from 1949 to the present MeRRIdeN vARRALL

chapter 9|21 pages

Is China rising at America’s expense? Anti- Americanism and pro- China sentiments in global public opinion ZIXIAO YANG , dAvId ZWeIG , ANd ZHeNGXU WANG

chapter 10|21 pages

China’s foreign policy as a rising power in the early twenty-first century: the struggle between taoguangyanghui and assertiveness SUISHeNG ZHAO

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