01547cam a2200217 a 4500 080326s2008 mdua b 001 0 eng 9780739123935 SDU DS779 D584 D 2008 Ding, Sheng, The dragon's hidden wings : how China rises with its soft power / Sheng Ding. How China rises with its soft power Lanham : Lexington Books, 2008. 199 p. : ill. Part I. The concept of soft power and the rise of China -- Rising power, soft power, and the rise of China: a conceptual framework -- The Chinese idea of soft power and China's rising strategy -- Soft power reconsidered: multidimensionality of power resources and power conversion model -- Part II. The structure of China's soft power -- The Middle Kingdom's cultural attractiveness: China's reliable soft power resource -- The Chinese Communist Party's governance performance: China's questionable soft power resource -- Beijing's diplomatic finesse and weakness: China's limited soft power resources -- Part III. The dragon spreading its hidden wings: China's soft power wielding -- To build a "strong" language: opportunities and challenges in globalizing Mandarin Chinese -- "Old bottle, new wine": Beijing's soft power campaigns in the global south -- "Soft-looking" dragon in work: China's national image building with soft power. HKBU library YT2025 M09 China Relations. = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 112476 112476 0 0 lcc 0 DS0779 D584 D2008 0 CGB 280796 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-05 2 0 DS779 D584 D 2008 1000373657 2025-09-05 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-05 GBE