China and Russia have devoted significant resources to developing their international
broadcasting capacity as an instrument of public diplomacy. Focusing on CCTV-N (China) …

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 …

Recent research has focused either on the internationalisation of China's higher education
(HE) as soft power, or on soft power with 'Chinese characteristics'. There is a paucity of …

This article analyzes instruments of Chinese cultural diplomacy (2003-2018), such as the
media, cinema, and the Confucius Institutes, as well as its potential to overcome barriers …

The concept of soft power has been highly influential in recent years, both as a concept to
inform understanding of the cultural dimensions of international relations and as providing a …

'The Confucius Institute Project'–consisting of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, the
posting of Chinese language teachers to overseas schools and universities and the Chinese …

China Central Television (CCTV), the state news agency Xinhua, China Radio International
(CRI), and the state press in English China Daily. Private media and communications …

In recent years, tourism has been increasingly posited as not just that set of ordinary
promotional processes by which destinations are projected to visitors from afar (and by …

This paper investigates how China appeals to other countries by utilizing soft power in
ensuring their participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which seeks to revive …

Highlights•China has a national ocean strategy to build China into a maritime great
power.•China's ocean soft power is a core component of maritime great power.•Ocean …