China’s Soft Power and International Relations

Most of the 10 studies in this collection are selected, revised, and updated versions of presentations at two of the annual forums on contemporary Chinese studies at the University of Nottingham. Social scientists consider how China influences other countries using means besides either guns or money, an influence that has been growing in parallel with the country's economic and military strength. Among the topics discussed are the soft power concept and a rising China, the quandary of China's soft-power rhetoric, challenges for China's international communication, changes in China's use of foreign assistance from 1949 to the present, and anti-Americanism and pro-China sentiments in global public opinion. Annotation �穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)