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Soft power
Congressional Research Service, "China's 'Soft Power' in Southeast Asia," January 4, 2008
Report prepared by Thomas Lum, Wayne Morrison, and Bruce Vaughn, specialists in Asian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division.
U.S. House of Representatives, “Hearing on Chinese Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy Through U.S. Educational Institutions, Multilateral Organizations, and Corporate Amercia,” Feb. 14, 2006
House subcommittee hearing under its chair, Dana Rohrabacher, discusses China's influence on U.S. foreign policy.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China’s Growing Global Influence: Objectives and Strategies," July 21, 2005
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on July 21, 2005. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
China's Influence in the Western Hemisphere, 2005
Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Statement Before the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
The White Man's Burden 1899
"The White Man's Burden" is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure's in 1899. It was a response to the U.S. taking over the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. Although Kipling's poem mixed exhortation to empire with sober warnings of the costs involved, imperialists within the United States understood the phrase "white man's burden" as a characterization for imperialism that justified the policy as a noble enterprise.
A New Era in Cultural Diplomacy: Rising Soft Power in Emerging Markets
USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosts its 2014 conference examining the impact of soft power for emerging countries, such as China.
Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear
On Friday, March 7, guest speakers will discuss some of New York City's most urgent racial issues and link them back to divisive and corrosive stereotypes, policies, and practices.
China's Quest for "Soft Power": Imperatives, Impediments and Irreconcilable Tensions
The University of Illinois will hold a talk on China's quest for "soft power".
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.
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We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?