| Description |
1 online resource (x, 199 p.) |
| Series |
Challenges facing Chinese political development |
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Challenges facing Chinese political development.
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| Contents |
Part I. The concept of soft power and the rise of China -- Rising power, soft power, and the rise of China: a conceptual framework -- The Chinese idea of soft power and China's rising strategy -- Soft power reconsidered: multidimensionality of power resources and power conversion model -- Part II. The structure of China's soft power -- The Middle Kingdom's cultural attractiveness: China's reliable soft power resource -- The Chinese Communist Party's governance performance: China's questionable soft power resource -- Beijing's diplomatic finesse and weakness: China's limited soft power resources -- Part III. The dragon spreading its hidden wings: China's soft power wielding -- To build a "strong" language: opportunities and challenges in globalizing Mandarin Chinese -- "Old bottle, new wine": Beijing's soft power campaigns in the global south -- "Soft-looking" dragon in work: China's national image building with soft power |
| Summary |
The Dragon's Hidden Wings is the first comprehensive study on China's use of soft power. Sheng Ding provides the reader with an insightful empirical study that details China's economic and political rise on the global scene over the course of the last three decades. This book not only endeavors to examine the connections between the ongoing rise of China and what Joseph Nye defines as soft power, but also attempts to give readers a more complete understanding of China's national power and modernization process. The main questions addressed are: What are the theoretical and empirical connection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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International relations
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Außenpolitik
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114661
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| Subject |
China
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020739837 |
| ISBN |
9780739129975 |
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073912997X |
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