Soft Power China's Emerging Strategy in International Politics

by Li, Mingjiang; Chen, Gang; Chen, Jianfeng; Xiaogang Deng, Xiaohe Cheng; Deng, Yong; Kurlantzick, Joshua; Pang, Zhongying; Wibowo, Ignatius; Zhang, Lening; Zhang, Yongjin; Zhao, Suisheng; Zhu, Zhiqun

• ISBN13: 9780739133781
• ISBN10: 0739133780
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-07
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Soft Power attempts to analyze the domestic and international views of China's soft power, the main strengths and weaknesses of China's soft power, and the application of soft power in China's international politics. It provides a comprehensive exploration of the soft power dimension in China's foreign relations by integrating views from various disciplines, such as history, education, culture, political economy, comparative politics, and philosophy. The book argues that soft power has become a very popular concept in China, that China is contemplating and exploring and innovative strategy in its rise and international politics, and that there have been quite a few notable elements of this in China's diplomatic practice, including softer rhetoric, promotion of the Chinese culture abroad, economic diplomacy, and image building. The book also argues that the limitations of China's soft power primarily stem from political values and China's own transitions, and reflects the reality that views and opinions regarding China's soft power and fairly diverse both in China and in the international arena.

Author Biography

Mingjiang Li is assistant professor and coordinator of the Master of Science program in Asian studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of international Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Soft Power. Nurture Not Nature	p. 1
China's Soft Power: The Debates at Home and Abroad	p. 19
Soft Power in Chinese Discourse: Popularity and Prospect	p. 21
The Discourse of China's Soft Power and Its Discontents	p. 45
Soft Power in China's Rising Strategy	p. 61
The New Hard Realities: ôSoft Powerö and China in Transition	p. 63
The Practice of the Mean: China's Soft Power Cultivation	p. 83
Education: The Intellectual Base of China's Soft Power	p. 103
China's Soft Power Dilemma: The Beijing Consensus Revisited	p. 125
China's Cultural Exports and its Growing Cultural Power in the World	p. 143
Soft Power and China's International Politics	p. 163
China's Soft Power in Africa	p. 165
China's Warming Relations with South Korea and Australia	p. 185
China's Soft Power and NeoLiberal Agenda in Southeast Asia	p. 207
China's Climate Diplomacy and Its Soft Power	p. 225
Conclusion	p. 245
The Prospect of China's Soft Power: How sustainable?	p. 247
Index	p. 267
List of Contributors	p. 271
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