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The dragon's hidden wings : how China rises with its soft power

Ding, Sheng, 1975- (Author).

Summary: The Dragon's Hidden Wings is the first comprehensive study on China's use of soft power. Sheng Ding provides the reader with an insightful empirical study that details China's economic and political rise on the global scene over the course of the last three decades. This book not only endeavors to examine the connections between the ongoing rise of China and what Joseph Nye defines as soft power, but also attempts to give readers a more complete understanding of China's national power and modernization process. The main questions addressed are: What are the theoretical and empirical connection.

Record details

ISBN: 0739123939
ISBN: 9780739123935
ISBN: 0739123920
ISBN: 9780739123928
ISBN: 073912997X
ISBN: 9780739129975
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I. The concept of soft power and the rise of China -- Rising power, soft power, and the rise of China: a conceptual framework -- The Chinese idea of soft power and China's rising strategy -- Soft power reconsidered: multidimensionality of power resources and power conversion model -- Part II. The structure of China's soft power -- The Middle Kingdom's cultural attractiveness: China's reliable soft power resource -- The Chinese Communist Party's governance performance: China's questionable soft power resource -- Beijing's diplomatic finesse and weakness: China's limited soft power resources -- Part III. The dragon spreading its hidden wings: China's soft power wielding -- To build a "strong" language: opportunities and challenges in globalizing Mandarin Chinese -- "Old bottle, new wine": Beijing's soft power campaigns in the global south -- "Soft-looking" dragon in work: China's national image building with soft power.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Language Note:	English.
Action Note:	digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.