The dragon's hidden wings
Subtitle: how China rises with its soft power
By: Sheng Ding.
Series: Challenges facing Chinese political development
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780739123928; 9780739123935
Subjects: China -- Relations -- Foreign countries
Other titles: How China rises with its soft power
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The concept of soft power and the rise of China; title: Rising power, soft power, and the rise of China: a conceptual framework; title: The Chinese idea of soft power and China's rising strategy; title: Soft power reconsidered: multidimensionality of power resources and power conversion model; title: Part II. The structure of China's soft power; title: The Middle Kingdom's cultural attractiveness: China's reliable soft power resource; title: The CCP's governance performance: China's questionable soft power resource; title: Beijing's diplomatic fineness and weakness: China's limited soft power resources; title: Part III. The opportunities and challenges in China's soft power wielding; title: To build a "strong" language: opportunities and challenges in globalizing Mandarin Chinese; title: "Old bottle, new wine": Beijing's soft power campaigns in the global south; title: "Soft-looking" dragon in work: China's national image building with soft power.