Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the softest of them all? Evaluating Japanese and Chinese strategies in the 'soft' power competition era

International Relations of the Asia-Pacific

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-304

  Heng, Yee Kuang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952616006     PISSN: 1470482X     EISSN: 14704838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/irap/lcp023     Document Type: Article

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