TY - BOOK AU - Ding,Sheng TI - The dragon's hidden wings: how China rises with its soft power AV - DS779.47 .D56 2008 U1 - 303.48/251 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Nation-building KW - China KW - Relations KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bcsl-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1352176 ER -