The dragon's hidden wings : how China rises with its soft power / Sheng Ding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ding, Sheng, 1975 January 3-

Series:

Challenges facing Chinese political development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nation-building--China.

Nation-building.

China--Relations.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Other Title:

How China rises with its soft power

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2008]

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-2393-9

0-7391-2997-X

OCLC:

856869910