TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ding,Sheng
TI  - The dragon's hidden wings: how China rises with its soft power 
SN  - 9780739123935
AV  - DS779 D584 D 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - China
KW  - Relations
N1  - 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
ER  -