| ID | 171150 |
| Title Proper | Struggling for recognition? strategic disrespect in China’s pursuit of soft power |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Aukia, Jukka |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper addresses the Chinese policy community’s interpretations of identities, which potentially shape the soft power policies of China. It couples soft power to identity through a discourse analysis of the language used by the Chinese state in relation to soft power. It builds on a number of earlier theorizations that associate soft power with identity as a discursive phenomenon. The results highlight the use of strategic disrespect in China’s soft power discourse. In the context of global cultural competition, and in particular the South-South cooperation framework, it is argued that the practitioners of the Chinese discourse present China’s ‘Self’ as a soft power and the Western ‘Other’ as a hard power. |
| `In' analytical Note | East Asia: An International Quaterly Vol. 36, No.4; Dec 2019: p.305–320 |
| Journal Source | East Asia: An International Quaterly Vol: 36 No 4 |
| Key Words | Identity ; Soft Power ; Political Discourse ; Recognition Seeking |