ABSTRACT
China's cultural relations with foreign nations, including the Soviet bloc and many developing countries, have become increasingly broad and eclectic since 1978. Nevertheless there can be little doubt that knowledge introduced to China from countries of the OECD will have the greatest impact over the coming decade. This chapter therefore focuses on the cultural policy of six nations toward China: Japan, France, West Germany, Britain, the United States, and Canada. This cultural policy is seen as derivative of political-economic policy on the one hand, yet also as shaped by deep-rooted cultural and educational traditions on the other. On the first level, a distinction between the relative emphasis on political as against economic objectives may be significant. On the second level, differences in approach arising from cultural tradition are of interest.
