Charm Offensive:How China’s Soft Power Is Transforming the World

How China’s Soft Power Strategy Emerges

There are many definitions of soft power, but basically, when the Chinese government talks about its new soft power in the world, it means all power outside of the military sphere, including diplomacy, aid, investment, and economic tools.

One reason for this new relationship with the world is that China has experienced great domestic changes within the past fifteen years. By the 1990s, you saw the growth of a more confident, patriotic, even nationalistic public in China,

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How China’s Soft Power Strategy Emerges

There are many definitions of soft power, but basically, when the Chinese government talks about its new soft power in the world, it means all power outside of the military sphere, including diplomacy, aid, investment, and economic tools.

One reason for this new relationship with the world is that China has experienced great domestic changes within the past fifteen years. By the 1990s, you saw the growth of a more confident, patriotic, even nationalistic public in China,
Also, as Chinese companies start to become internationally active

As they get more influential, the Chinese want more partners in international organizations such as the UN, the WTO, etc.

Isolating Taiwan
China sometimes focuses on countries where the U.S. bilateral relationship is faltering.
Finally, within political systems, China is far less ideological than in the past.