CHINA AND SOFT POWER TODAY
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Abstract:
Leadership can be natural or educated or both, natural and educated for
success, and it is extremely relevant nowadays at all possible levels,
especially at international level as it is affecting present world
development based on power politics-including the power of knowledge
(knowledge is power-as we all know)spread all over the world.
Playing the game of soft power, China is using the Confucius institutes in
order to spread Chinese culture, civilization and language and stimulate as
many people as possible to get acquainted with its values and, at the same
time, open their minds towards China and even sympathize with its
message from the economic as well as cultural points of view.
Diplomacy can be extremely useful in international relations today.
China’s increasing soft power can be explained and understood by looking
at its economic growth and by regarding its economic engagement with
many countries worldwide. China’s increasing role as a global
superpower seems rather appealing today