Soft Power through China’s Confucius Institutes: A Conversation with Jian (Jay) Wang

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy presents a talk with Professor Jay Wang to examine the Confucius Institute as a platform for China's cultural diplomacy within the larger context of U.S.-China relations.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to welcome Jian (Jay) Wang, CPD University Fellow and Associate Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism to discuss his research project on China's Confucius Institutes in the United States.

His CPD-sponsored project examines the Confucius Institute as a platform for China’s cultural diplomacy within the larger context of U.S.-China relations. It aims to develop a framework for better understanding the opportunities and challenges facing organizations of cultural diplomacy in contemporary times.

This presentation focuses on the question why the Confucius Institute has grown so fast by identifying the driving forces underlying its rapid expansion and analyzing its organizational and operational model.

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Refreshments will be served.

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