Pandas at the San Diego Zoo, the 2008 Olympics Games and Chinese state media on Youtube all have one thing in common: they are displays of Chinese “soft power” that aim to foster positive views of China among foreigners. These are only a few high-profile examples of a campaign to challenge existing perceptions about China and win hearts and minds around the world.
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Tennis in China
December 2, 2021The Women’s Tennis Association is at odds with China’s government. How big is tennis in China?
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Maria Repnikova on Chinese Soft Power
November 18, 2021Professor Maria Repnikova's new book explores China’s complex and often contradictory soft power performance.
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Confucius Institutes in the United States
November 18, 2021Only 25% of the Confucius Institutes that have opened in the U.S. are still operating.
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Barry Naughton on China’s Economic Rise
November 10, 2021Barry Naughton on his assessment of what he and his colleagues got right and wrong in looking at China’s economy over the past four decades.
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Looking at China's Economy
November 11, 2021Track China's rise to the world's second largest economy and its economic ties to the U.S. through USCI events, newsletters and document collections.
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US-China Today
October 28, 2021
In November 2020, a seven-second, casually-shot video by Chinese photographer Boge, which captured the ‘shy smile’ of Tenzin Tsondu, now better known as “Ding Zhen” in Mandarin, went viral on Douyin (Chinese TikTok). Almost overnight, the short video made Tenzing into China’s latest social media sensation.
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