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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... Expectations 28 FOUR Beginnings and Wordsworth's “Immortality Ode” 38 FIVE Change Means Loss: Spring and Summer Must Become Winter 50 SIX The Myth of Demeter and Persephone 65 Another SEVEN Dream of Death in a Garden 71 EIGHT Contents.
... Expectations 28 FOUR Beginnings and Wordsworth's “Immortality Ode” 38 FIVE Change Means Loss: Spring and Summer Must Become Winter 50 SIX The Myth of Demeter and Persephone 65 Another SEVEN Dream of Death in a Garden 71 EIGHT Contents.
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... become consciously and responsibly aware of, and be able to feel fully and learn to own, the extent of their inner psychic links to their parents and to their past. I stressed the need for exploration of the power of continuing parental ...
... become consciously and responsibly aware of, and be able to feel fully and learn to own, the extent of their inner psychic links to their parents and to their past. I stressed the need for exploration of the power of continuing parental ...
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... becomes frightened of losing control of his rage since he can feel that the intensity of his hostility may harm or even kill the parent . The child then will turn rage in- ward toward himself and becomes full of conscious or uncon ...
... becomes frightened of losing control of his rage since he can feel that the intensity of his hostility may harm or even kill the parent . The child then will turn rage in- ward toward himself and becomes full of conscious or uncon ...
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... become mentally ill and alienated by Spock's putting his patients before his family.24 Spock writes that he can see that his preoccupation with his medical work (and later with his political activism) involved his being away from home ...
... become mentally ill and alienated by Spock's putting his patients before his family.24 Spock writes that he can see that his preoccupation with his medical work (and later with his political activism) involved his being away from home ...
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... becoming a husband and a father. But the haunting remained. It is a paradox. The achievement and heroic success of the author of Baby and Child Care were in part the result of his having identified with the independence and will ...
... becoming a husband and a father. But the haunting remained. It is a paradox. The achievement and heroic success of the author of Baby and Child Care were in part the result of his having identified with the independence and will ...
Contents
Change Means Loss Spring and Summer Must Become Winter | 50 |
The Myth of Demeter and Persephone | 65 |
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