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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811902203321

Autore

Barr Michael (Michael T.)

Titolo

Who's afraid of China? : the challenge of Chinese soft power / / Michael Barr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22396-4

1-283-28658-0

9786613286581

1-84813-591-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Asian arguments

Disciplina

303.48251

Soggetti

Civilization, Western - Chinese influences

International relations

China Foreign relations 1976-

China Relations

China Foreign public opinion

China Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-147) and index.

Nota di contenuto

On the fear of China -- Blinded by the Beijing consensus -- New Cultural Revolution -- Media offensive -- Brand Confucius -- Back to the future? -- All under heaven -- Yellow man's burden -- Imagined power.

Sommario/riassunto

"If China suddenly democratised, would it cease being labelled as a threat? This ... book argues that fears of China often say as much about those who hold them as they do about the rising power itself. It focuses not on the usual trope of economic and military might, but on China's growing cultural influence and the connections between China's domestic politics and its attempts to brand itself internationally. Using examples from film, education, media, politics, and art, Who's Afraid of China? is both an introduction to Chinese soft power and a critical analysis of international reaction to it. It examines how the West's own



past, hopes, and fears shape the way it thinks about and engages with China and argues that the rising power touches a nerve in the Western psyche, presenting a fundamental challenge to ideas about modernity, history, and international relations."--Publisher's website.