This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of Confucius Institutes (CIs), situating
them as a tool of public diplomacy in the broader context of China's foreign affairs. The study …

Since 2004 China has set up over 700 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms
around the world to promote its language and culture and thereby to shape its image …

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the
international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-language debates and …

This paper examines China's overseas land-based investments in agriculture. Our
hypothesis is that–despite extensive media, NGO and scholarly attention to China'sglobal …

The year 2009 marks a new high-point in China's international reputation. The 2008 Beijing
Olympics were certainly a huge success, a visible marker of the Asian rise to power and …

The United States has been widely blamed for the recent financial crisis. As the US economy
floundered and China continued to grow in the great recession of 2008—2009, Chinese …

Throughout Asia, states are competing to build and leverage soft power using public
diplomacy. This article examines these investments, whether they pay dividends, and why …

With its rapid economic growth and deepening integration into the global system, Chinese
leaders see the first 20 years of the 21st century as an 'important period of strategic …

Soft power has become China's new diplomatic tool to spread its influence in today's
changing international landscape. The establishment of Confucius Institutes (CIs) since …

This article critically reviews the literature on China and soft power. Among other themes, it
tackles the conceptualization and operationalization of soft power, measurement of the …