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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... human beings as such is love " ( quoted in Auden and Kronenberger 1962 , 90 ) . We can know that others exist , but ... humanity , or defensive indifference — the other reduced to a statistic or a cat- egory . I will illustrate a range ...
... human beings as such is love " ( quoted in Auden and Kronenberger 1962 , 90 ) . We can know that others exist , but ... humanity , or defensive indifference — the other reduced to a statistic or a cat- egory . I will illustrate a range ...
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... human condition but should at least have resulted in a relatively good knowledge of his or her neurotic weaknesses. That can be enough to make for proper self-monitoring control and performance with the relatively safe emotional ...
... human condition but should at least have resulted in a relatively good knowledge of his or her neurotic weaknesses. That can be enough to make for proper self-monitoring control and performance with the relatively safe emotional ...
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... human nature and external reality . Freud postulated that our first mental act — one that follows the inevitable frus- tration of bodily need — is the hallucinatory visual image of that which fulfills the bodily need of satisfaction at ...
... human nature and external reality . Freud postulated that our first mental act — one that follows the inevitable frus- tration of bodily need — is the hallucinatory visual image of that which fulfills the bodily need of satisfaction at ...
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... human knowledge , to the human eye Invisible , yet liveth in the heart ( 1805/1850 , 95 ) . Wordsworth , well aware of the importance of the mother in the fashioning of the infant's and the adult's mind , wrote in “ The Prelude ...
... human knowledge , to the human eye Invisible , yet liveth in the heart ( 1805/1850 , 95 ) . Wordsworth , well aware of the importance of the mother in the fashioning of the infant's and the adult's mind , wrote in “ The Prelude ...
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