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Ding, Sheng, 1975 January 3-

The dragon's hidden wings : how China rises with its soft power / How China rises with its soft power Sheng Ding. - 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations - Challenges facing Chinese political development .

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

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.

ISBN: 9780739129975 (e-book)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nation-building--China.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--Relations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS779.47 / .D56 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/251