The Dragon's Silver Tongue: Chinese Soft Power in the Age of Xi Jinping

Description: The Dragons Silver Tongue: Chinese Soft Power in the Age of Xi Jinping Description: “The Dragon’s Silver Tongue: Chinese Soft Power in the Age of Xi Jinping” provides an incisive look at the drastic changes to Chinese soft power policy underway in President Xi Jinping’s China today. Since China’s dramatic opening to the world since 1979, its officials have taken a keen interest in soft power, enshrining the concept in party strategy documents and foreign policy. Throughout the Reform Era, Chinese soft power has typically taken the form of benign cultural outreach, an approach favored by the grey-man President Hu Jintao. But Xi Jinping is no Hu Jintao. Xi Jinping’s presidency has fundamentally shaken many of the foundations upon which contemporary China was built. Not since Mao has the nation witnessed such a forceful personality at its helm. He has redefined the Party, the Chinese nation, and their approach to the outside world, challenging the ambivalence of his predecessors and charting a decisive new course for modern China in the international community. Given these bold changes, it should come as no surprise that soft power implications for Chinese diplomacy abound. At a time when China’s influence on the world is ever expanding and public opinion on China is shifting, understanding Chinese soft power has never been more essential than it is today. Emboldened by the rise in Chinese comprehensive national power and the world’s growing dependence on Chinese manufacturing, Xi proclaims to abide by the established rhetoric of a peaceful China, but increasingly takes a more assertive stance in resolving international issues. Since Xi’s ascension to the position of paramount leader of the PRC in 2012, the Chinese soft power offensive must smooth over a much more aggressive China in the world. Assessments from around the world have poured in, addressing Xi’s international posture. His soft power efforts to include his signature One Belt One Road infrastructure project, increased humanitarian aid, and expanded United Nations contributions have been evaluated by detractors, proponents, and onlookers alike. However, most ignore several crucial facets of China’s soft power and view it in less than objective terms. Too often do writers approach the People’s Republic as a villain to be overcome or a charity case held down by the international community. Such attitudes obscure the reality of China’s precarious international position and can lead to misguided conclusions regardless of one’s ultimate aims. In its infancy, China’s soft power programs claimed that much of the apprehension about China’s rise was simply a byproduct of ignorance about China itself. No matter one’s opinion or agenda on the matter, determining an accurate picture and comprehensive understanding of China is imperative to achieving any desired policy end state, even an adversarial one. Therefore, this book will look at Chinese soft power with a critical, but impartial eye and ask fundamental questions about it that have frequently gone overlooked: How does China define soft power? How does it apply and cultivate it? What does China seek to achieve through soft power? Why? It is therefore in the spirit of updating these questions for today that the book explores how President Xi’s administration has affected the trend of China’s soft power endeavors. “The Dragon’s Silver Tongue” aims to fill the knowledge gap in how Xi’s contradictory approach to soft power has performed in achieving its specific goals and how it fits into the larger conception of soft power. This book will focus on the following topics and how they relate to soft power - China’s unique view of soft power itself, the Confucius Institute Project, Cross-Strait relations, China’s relationship with the Global South, and the Chinese Western Interior. In "The Dragon's Silver Tongue," Beith masterfully weaves such considerations into a narrative to define the trajectory of the 21st century. Returns: In the unlikely event that you would like to return your purchase, we allow returns that are processed within 30 days of date of purchase. Please contact us for a return authorization and the return shipping address. Shipping costs are non-refundable. Payment: The following forms of payment are accepted: PayPal All major credit cards. Shipping: Our orders are generally handled and processed within 1-2 business days. Expedited shipping options are also available and can be selected during checkout. At this time, we only ship to physical addresses that are located within the 48 contiguous states of the United States of America. We are unable to ship to P.O. boxes, APO or FPO addresses, or international addresses directly. We are not responsible for undeliverable / incorrect addresses

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