China's soft power and international relations [electronic resource] / edited by Hongyi Lai and Yiyi Lu. - 1st ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2012. - xii, 216 p. : ill. - China policy series ; 23 . - China policy series ; 23. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-205) and index.

Introduction: the soft power concept and a rising China / Hongyi Lai -- Soft power and Chinese soft power / Zheng Yongnian and Chi Zhang -- Soft language, soft imagery and soft power in China's diplomatic lexicon / David Scott -- The quandary of China's soft-power rhetoric: the "peaceful-rise" concept and internal debate / Dominik Mierzejewski -- China's cultural diplomacy: going for soft power / Hongyi Lai -- Challenges for China's international communication / Yiyi Lu -- Challenges for China's harmonious diplomacy / Cheng (Jason) Qian -- Debunking the myth of China's soft power: changes in China's use of foreign assistance from 1949 to the present / Merriden Varral -- Is China rising at America's expenses? anti-Americanism and pro-China sentiments in global public opinion / Zixiao Yang, David Zweig, and Zhengxu Wang -- China's foreign policy as a rising power in the early 21st century: -- The struggle between taoguangyanghui and assertiveness / Suisheng Zhao.


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China--Foreign relations--21st century.
China--Foreign relations--Philosophy.


Electronic books.

JZ1734 / .C57 2012

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