Soft power has traditionally been viewed by China's leaders as a fulcrum of international
competition. The foundations were laid in the 1990s by Jiang Zemin's Going Out Strategy …

China's use of soft power in international relations developed far before Joseph S. Nye Jr.'s
coinage of the phrase in the 1990s and its ensuing appearance in China's official and …

This Element presents an overarching analysis of Chinese visions and practices of soft
power. Maria Repnikova's analysis introduces the Chinese theorization of the idea of soft …

China's economic initiative in Africa has been advanced by its image-building efforts, though
there are limits to the utility of China's soft power. Currently, mutually penetrating economic …

Soft power has been one of the most popular terms in the Chinese foreign policy lexicon
since the mid-2000s. The concept has frequently appeared in various official documents and …

ABSTRACT 'Soft power'has become a popular concept in Chinese political discourse,
frequently appearing in government documents, academic discussions and the mainstream …

Those who espouse this view attempted to examine Chinese influence in various parts of
the world, but they neglected to investigate Chinese thinking about soft power and its role in …

These are just some of the questions that this volume explores. Emerging from a conference
on 'The Rise of China and Its Soft Power', held in October 2007 in Singapore, this 13-chapter …

The evolving discourse on soft power within China's strategic studies community offers a
unique window into Chinese thinking about noncoercive strategy. This article provides an …

The soft power discussions in China date back to the democratisation setbacks in China in
1989. China struggled to break away from international alienation after the Tiananmen …