Who's afraid of China? : the challenge of Chinese soft power / Michael Barr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barr, Michael (Michael T.), author.

Series:

Asian arguments.

Asian arguments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Western--Chinese influences.

Civilization, Western.

China--Foreign relations--1976-.

China.

China--Relations.

China--Foreign public opinion.

China--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"If China suddenly democratised, would it cease being labelled as a threat? This ... book argues that fears of China often say as much about those who hold them as they do about the rising power itself. It focuses not on the usual trope of economic and military might, but on China's growing cultural influence and the connections between China's domestic politics and its attempts to brand itself internationally. Using examples from film, education, media, politics, and art, Who's Afraid of China? is both an introduction to Chinese soft power and a critical analysis of international reaction to it. It examines how the West's own past, hopes, and fears shape the way it thinks about and engages with China and argues that the rising power touches a nerve in the Western psyche, presenting a fundamental challenge to ideas about modernity, history, and international relations."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

On the fear of China

Blinded by the Beijing consensus

New Cultural Revolution

Media offensive

Brand Confucius

Back to the future?

All under heaven

Yellow man's burden

Imagined power.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-147) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613286581

9781350223967

1350223964

9781283286589

1283286580

9781848135918

1848135912

OCLC:

759036564