This article examines the changing contours of Chinese sexuality studies by locating recent
research in historical context. Our aim is to use the literature we review to construct a picture …

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 …

Winner of the 2015 Pierre-Antoine Bernheim Prize for the History of Religion by the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres After a century during which Confucianism was …

This study examines the influx of international students to China in recent years and the
corresponding internationalization strategies in the higher education sector. In assessing …

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 …

This paper investigates China's present approach of using “outward-oriented” higher
education internationalization for status and image enhancement, and the challenges it …

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government works hard to promote an image of ethnic
harmony in China and downplays ethnic conflict by carefully controlling public information …

Since China's implementation of the Confucius Institute (CI) project in 2004, most academic
works have been written on its objectives, nature, features, development, problems and …

Confucius Institutes, the language and culture programs funded by the Chinese government,
have been established in more than 1,500 schools worldwide since their debut in 2004. A …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to apply the theory of cultural diplomacy to explore
and explain the role and function of the Confucius Institution project and its implications for …