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Struggling for Recognition? Strategic Disrespect in China's Pursuit of Soft Power.
- Source :
- East Asia: An International Quarterly; Dec2019, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p305-320, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This paper addresses the Chinese policy community's interpretations of identities, which potentially shape the soft power policies of China. It couples soft power to identity through a discourse analysis of the language used by the Chinese state in relation to soft power. It builds on a number of earlier theorizations that associate soft power with identity as a discursive phenomenon. The results highlight the use of strategic disrespect in China's soft power discourse. In the context of global cultural competition, and in particular the South-South cooperation framework, it is argued that the practitioners of the Chinese discourse present China's 'Self' as a soft power and the Western 'Other' as a hard power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10966838
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- East Asia: An International Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 140356387
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-019-09323-9