Journal•ISSN: 1874-6284
East Asia
Springer Science+Business Media
About: East Asia is an academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): China & East Asia. It has an ISSN identifier of 1874-6284. Over the lifetime, 510 publications have been published receiving 3939 citations. The journal is also known as: Eastern Asia.
Topics: China, East Asia, Politics, Foreign policy, Soft power
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TL;DR: The authors explored the country's growing cultural power and the implications of the PRC's increasing promotion of the Chinese language as a global idiom, and argued that China's "soft power" is also in ascendancy.
Abstract: This essay focuses on the remarkable rise of China from a veritable hermit state in the 1960s to a cultural lodestone in the early 21st century. We explore the country's growing cultural power and the implications of the PRC's increasing promotion of the Chinese language as a global idiom. Our findings suggest that while China faces significant internal and external barriers to fully achieving its potential as a global cultural power, recent efforts by Beijing to promote the Chinese language and Mandarin's increasing utility as a lingua franca for trade have significantly increased the resonance of Chinese culture abroad, especially in the Pacific rim. With this increase in cultural influence beyond its borders, we argue that China's “soft power” is also in ascendancy.
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the impact of propaganda of the Communist government on people's attitudes toward specific political institutions and toward the government in general. But they were unable to falsify the relationship between media exposure and people's attitude toward government.
Abstract: Based on a nationwide survey conducted in mainland China between September 1993 and June 1994, this study explores the impact of propaganda of the Communist government on people's attitudes toward specific political institutions and toward the government in general. Our study shows that the news media in China have negative effects on people's attitudes toward political institutions in general and make people distrust government. Several competing interpretations are offered to explain the negative correlation between media exposure and political trust. Despite serious efforts, we are unable to falsify the relationship between media exposure and people's attitudes toward government. These findings clearly demonstrate that the propaganda of the regime failed in nurturing supportive sentiment among people in Chinese society in the post-Tiananmen era.
114 citations
TL;DR: This paper extended Nye's analytical framework on soft power to the China case, in order to provide a more balanced and updated analysis of the country's power status, arguing that the rise of China is not simply an expansion of hard power; it has also been accompanied by tremendous efforts to develop soft power.
Abstract: Using both quantitative and qualitative data, this paper extends Joseph Nye’s analytical framework on soft power to the China case, in order to provide a more balanced and updated analysis of the country’s power status. We argue that the rise of China is not simply an expansion of hard power; it has also been accompanied by tremendous efforts to develop soft power. Soft power helps Beijing redraw geopolitical alliances in ways that will propel its rise as a global power. This process is nevertheless complicated by the deficiency of its soft power resources and the uneven progress in projecting the soft power abroad. The paper concludes that despite Beijing’s growing ability to shape other people’s worldview or political agenda, soft power remains Beijing’s underbelly and China still has a long way to go to become a true global leader.
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TL;DR: The production, diffusion and global consumption of manga and anime are driven by market forces and consumer tastes and not by the Japanese state as mentioned in this paper, however, the latter is seeking to harness this popular culture to burnish Tokyo's international image Despite the attractiveness of Japanese pop culture and other more traditional forms of public diplomacy, Tokyo's pursuit of soft power and a good international image is undermined by its failure to overcome its burden of history
Abstract: Japan is seeking to project its “soft power” through the allure of manga and anime in its public diplomacy The production, diffusion and global consumption of manga and anime are driven by market forces and consumer tastes and not by the Japanese state However, the latter is seeking to harness this popular culture to burnish Tokyo’s international image Despite the attractiveness of Japanese pop culture and other more traditional forms of public diplomacy, Tokyo’s pursuit of “soft power” and a good international image is undermined by its failure to overcome its burden of history
85 citations