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Charm Offensive

How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World

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Charm Offensive

Written by: Joshua Kurlantzick
Narrated by: Peter Hirst
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At the beginning of the 21st century, China is poised to become a major global power. And though much has been written of China's rise, a crucial aspect of this transformation has gone largely unnoticed: the way that China is using soft power to appeal to its neighbors and to distant countries alike.

©2007 Yale University Press (P)2007 Yale University Press
21st Century Asia China Freedom & Security Modern National & International Security Politics & Government United States World

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"China is winning friends and influencing people around the world almost as fast as the United States is doing the opposite. This is a significant change, and Kurlantzick may be the first journalist to draw proper attention to it... Charm Offensive is intelligent, important, and more than a little disquieting... Kurlantzick has picked up on something crucial about China today, and it's time the rest of us took notice." ( Washington Monthly)
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