Haunted by ParentsAt the beginning of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. And though much has been written of China's rise, a crucial aspect of this transformation has gone largely unnoticed: the way that China is using soft power to appeal to its neighbours and to distant countries alike. This original book is the first to examine the significance of China's recent focus on soft power, that is, diplomacy, trade incentives, cultural and educational exchange opportunities, and other techniques, to project a benign national image, pose as a model of social and economic success, and develop stronger international alliances. Drawing on years of experience tracking China's policies in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, Joshua Kurlantzick reveals how China has wooed the world with a charm offensive that has largely escaped the attention of American policymakers. Beijing's new diplomacy has altered the political landscape in Southeast Asia and far beyond, changing the dynamics of China's relationships with other countries. China also has worked to take advantage of American policy mistakes, the author contends. In a provocative conclusion, he considers a future in which China may be the first nation since the Soviet Union to rival the U.S. in international influence. |
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... emphasis added).1 Spock, at forty-three, was writing about having again re- vised his book,Baby and Child Care(first edition,1946)—even- tually issued in millions of copies.2 (Revisions were written “every eight to ten years” [1985, 35] ...
... emphasis added).1 Spock, at forty-three, was writing about having again re- vised his book,Baby and Child Care(first edition,1946)—even- tually issued in millions of copies.2 (Revisions were written “every eight to ten years” [1985, 35] ...
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... emphasis added ) . Spock's mother believed that fresh air was essential for a child's good health , and the children all slept on an open sleeping porch in their New Haven home , even on freezing winter nights . Maier ( 1998 ) quotes ...
... emphasis added ) . Spock's mother believed that fresh air was essential for a child's good health , and the children all slept on an open sleeping porch in their New Haven home , even on freezing winter nights . Maier ( 1998 ) quotes ...
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... emphasis added ) . Looking backward in his old age , Spock clearly sees that her children ( each , of course , with an unknown different in- born endowment ) reacted to their strict upbringing with vary- ing and dynamically changing ...
... emphasis added ) . Looking backward in his old age , Spock clearly sees that her children ( each , of course , with an unknown different in- born endowment ) reacted to their strict upbringing with vary- ing and dynamically changing ...
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... emphasis added ) . Spock adds that , even after he had been a physician for four or five years , he was surprised to find himself feeling and saying joyfully to his wife that his new- born first child ( a son ) had ten fingers and ten ...
... emphasis added ) . Spock adds that , even after he had been a physician for four or five years , he was surprised to find himself feeling and saying joyfully to his wife that his new- born first child ( a son ) had ten fingers and ten ...
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... emphasis added). It is a withering portrait of a par- ent who seems like a character out of Dickens, a bad mother whose nurture and character cast a shadow over her son's life— like one of Dickens's one-dimensional bad mothers who hated ...
... emphasis added). It is a withering portrait of a par- ent who seems like a character out of Dickens, a bad mother whose nurture and character cast a shadow over her son's life— like one of Dickens's one-dimensional bad mothers who hated ...
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Change Means Loss Spring and Summer Must Become Winter | 50 |
The Myth of Demeter and Persephone | 65 |
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