| ID | 101775 |
| Title Proper | Soft power in a hard place |
| Other Title Information | China, Taiwan, cross-strait relations and US policy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | deLisle, Jacques |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Soft power, like so much else in relations between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, is asymmetrical and freighted with implications for U.S. policy and U.S.-China relations. For China, soft power largely serves-or strives-to reduce alarm (or at least reaction) among other states concerned about China's new-found hard power or, perhaps more realistically, the hard power that China's economic rise can underwrite. Much of the value for Beijing of soft power is-and is likely to remain for quite some time-its potential contribution to reducing the likelihood that other states will react to China's rising hard power in ways that could threaten China's interests. |
| `In' analytical Note | Orbis Vol. 54, No. 4; Fal 2010: p493-524 |
| Journal Source | Orbis Vol. 54, No. 4; Fal 2010: p493-524 |
| Key Words | Soft Power ; China ; Taiwan ; United States - Foreign Policy ; Weapons |