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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... remember a time of happiness in the midst of misery). —Dante, Inferno (1300?) The past is our mortal mother, no dead thing. Our future constantly reflects her to the soul. Nor is it ever the new man of today [that] grasps his fortune ...
... remember a time of happiness in the midst of misery). —Dante, Inferno (1300?) The past is our mortal mother, no dead thing. Our future constantly reflects her to the soul. Nor is it ever the new man of today [that] grasps his fortune ...
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... remembers his father as having been “ grave but just ” ( 1985 , 14 ) . Father always seemed serious , and we hear of no happy memories in relation to him . The father apparently was sometimes more willing to be friendly , but Benjamin ...
... remembers his father as having been “ grave but just ” ( 1985 , 14 ) . Father always seemed serious , and we hear of no happy memories in relation to him . The father apparently was sometimes more willing to be friendly , but Benjamin ...
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... remember well my joy in making for my parents , in school , a stack of three small blotters tied with a ribbon [ that I decorated with ] a small calendar and a picture I had drawn of a house with a winding path leading up to it and a ...
... remember well my joy in making for my parents , in school , a stack of three small blotters tied with a ribbon [ that I decorated with ] a small calendar and a picture I had drawn of a house with a winding path leading up to it and a ...
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... remember . Some figure representing Death had appeared in a garden . X had no visual memory of the figure , and the specifics of the garden setting were not clear . There had been a general sense of greenness . Groups of people were ...
... remember . Some figure representing Death had appeared in a garden . X had no visual memory of the figure , and the specifics of the garden setting were not clear . There had been a general sense of greenness . Groups of people were ...
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... remembering a dying Polish lady from the cancer ward in which I once worked as an intern. She used to say to me in her thick accent, with intense yearning, “Please dear, take me out to the green meadows! I want to see the gar- den and ...
... remembering a dying Polish lady from the cancer ward in which I once worked as an intern. She used to say to me in her thick accent, with intense yearning, “Please dear, take me out to the green meadows! I want to see the gar- den and ...
Contents
Change Means Loss Spring and Summer Must Become Winter | 50 |
The Myth of Demeter and Persephone | 65 |
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