China's soft power: Discussions, resources, and prospects

Asian Survey

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-472

  Cho, Young Nam ^a   Jeong, Jong Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beijing Consensus; Chinese civilization; Foreign policy; Peaceful rise; Soft power

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL POWER;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 48949116556     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: 1533838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2008.48.3.453     Document Type: Article

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