As one of Beijing's people-to-people diplomacy flagships, Confucius Institute (CI) has been
accused by some Western governments of overloading educational content with ideological …

This book examines China's contemporary global cultural footprints through its recent
development of cultural diplomacy. The volume presents an alternative analytical framework …

Abstract China and the United States (US) have established respective cultural institutions in
each other, namely the Confucius Institute and the American Cultural Centre. While they …

Despite a rise in Chinese public diplomacy efforts in the Philippines, Filipino perceptions of
China have mainly remained negative during the Duterte period. This article examines why …

The aim of this study was to present a method of interpretative sociology for studying the
formation and development of national public diplomacy institutions. Our goal was to apply …

The article deals with" partnership relations"(huoban guanxi 伙伴关系), the main content of
China's diplomacy from 1993 to 2018, which were established with 100 countries in five …

China's public diplomacy in ASEAN countries started as part of strategic partnership both at
the regional and bilateral levels since the mid-2000s. Focusing on Confucius Institute (CI) as …

China's leaders are aware that the country's emergence as a major power in the twenty-first
century is preconditioned by acquiring soft power and a favourable national image. Culture …

Contextualizing how China–Africa relations have been studied to date, this chapter
introduces the study of the study of China and Africa and the book as a whole. After tracing …

A decade ago, Matt Armstrong noted that the War on Terror set the scene for US public
diplomacy (pd) to be heavily focused on security. Other countries have focused their pd on …