Chinese Soft Power, Insecurity Studies, Myopia and Fantasy

Suzuki, Satoshi

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“…Claims that the "Beijing Consensus" constitutes a purposeful effort on the part of China to encourage autocratic development in opposition to "Western-style" development are also not supported by examination of the range of Chinese diplomatic activities. For example, China's participation in peacekeeping operations in Africa is supportive of transforming war-torn states into liberal democracies (Suzuki, 2009). Each of the pieces referred to here notes a tendency in Western policy analyses to "look for potential threats" in Chinese actions.…”

Section: Criticisms Of East Asian Resource Investmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Western countries usually want China to adhere to liberal norms -placing trust in world trade to provide supplies of necessary resources and participating in regimes that support the international trade in resources -to make China less threatening. China's "charm offensive" deployed as a soft-power tool to allay fears of a "China threat" in the West has involved demonstrating its liberal credentials (Suzuki, 2009). Demonstrating liberal credentials, however, will not allay the fears of former colonies that China might be a latent neo-colonialist.…”

Section: Former Colonies' Perceptions Of Threat From Asian Investmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Introduction: The International Politics of Resources

Barclay

Smith

2013

Asian Studies Review

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China, Japan and Korea's international relations are shaped by the fact that all three are significant importers of resources. This Introduction proposes two conceptual frameworks for understanding the politics that is taken up in the papers of this Special Issue. The first is to consider the extent to which there is an East Asian model of resource procurement. We find that there are some similarities in the approaches taken by all three countries; for example, their development assistance shares a focus on infrastructure building and a reticence to purposefully influence domestic politics. There are, however, also significant differences due in large part to the individual nature of the states as international actors. The second conceptual framework is the broad contemporary theme of the end of Western dominance of the world order. The main way this affects the international politics of resources in Northeast Asia is through the belief that the activities of those countries are threatening in some way. In some cases Northeast Asian approaches to resources are seen as a problem because they are not sufficiently liberal, whereas in others the problem is that Northeast Asian powers are seen as replacing Western powers in exploiting resource-rich developing countries.

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Section: Criticisms Of East Asian Resource Investmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Former Colonies' Perceptions Of Threat From Asian Investmentmentioning

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Introduction: The International Politics of Resources

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Smith

2013

Asian Studies Review

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“…Furthermore, they question whether this 'model' -if it does exist -really does hold such attraction for the rest of the world, given the environmental degradation and growing income disparity it has caused in China. 39 Nevertheless, this has not stopped some Chinese analysts from jumping on the 'Beijing Consensus' bandwagon, indicative of a growing confidence among certain parties in China's ability to offer 'alternatives' to Africa which go beyond diplomacy or aid policies that are different from the West. It is not surprising, then, that some statements increasingly appear to suggest that it is China's duty to provide an alternative model for development.…”

Section: Great Power Reformismmentioning

confidence: 97%

The exceptional state in Africa: Image management in Sino-African relations

Suzuki

2013

South African Journal of International Affairs

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“…China also wants to allay the persistent fears of its regional and global partners, expressed in scholarly literature as a «China Threat» (Suzuki, 2009) [5]. With this in mind, Chinese leaders embarked on an ongoing charm offensive and adop ted some theoretical concepts to express China's peaceful intentions.…”

Section: The Guiding Principles and Concepts Behind China's Foreign Pmentioning

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“…Indeed, it is the perception of Chinese success in the growth of its hard power and mainly its economic development that strengthens its soft power, showing how both forms of power are linked (Merickova, 2014) [10]. In practice, China's commitment to soft power was demonstrated by establishing branches of the Confucius Institute, founded in 2004, which were to spread a positive image of China abroad and facilitate learning about Chinese culture and language (Suzuki, 2009) [5]. China also began to offer scholarships to foreign students to enrol in institutions of higher education in China (Dehart, 2012) [11].…”

Section: China's Growing Soft Powermentioning

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Underpinnings of China’s rise: concepts and soft power

Ondriaš¹

2017

EA-XXI

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Abstract. This paper puts forward theoretical concepts and principles which formally guide the foreign policy of the successive generations of leadership of the People's Republic of China since the later era of Deng Xiaoping. It describes the main tenets of these concepts and shows how they influence the approaches to the foreign policy conduct, as well as how they are seen by those who criticise China abroad. The soft power policy is another main subject of this article. Special attention is paid to the so-called Beijing Consensus, or the Chinese model of development, as an alternative to the neoliberal Washington Consensus. The results of the conducted research show that these theoretical guidelines should not be dismissed, since they provide a way to maintain a dialogue with China by using a language and concepts which both China and its regional and Western partners can understand. This could help China to better integrate into the current global order. The conclusion is therefore that disregard of the abovementioned concepts and policies would be a mistake, because through them China declares its willingness to play by the rules of the international system. China has an interest in preserving the system which has led the country to its meteoric rise and provides it a status quo in the matters of power, making it reformist instead of revisionist. Any revisionism must be understood as part of China's attempts to rebalance the neighbouring regions after its long absence as a regional power. Keywords: China; Soft Power; China's Peaceful Rise; Harmonious World; Chinese Dream; Nationalism JEL Classification: F50; O53 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V163-06Юрай Ондріаш аспірант, Економічний університет у Братиславі, Братислава, Словацька Республіка Основи економічного зростання Китаю: концепції та принцип дії «м'якої сили» Анотація У статті розглядаються теоретичні положення та принципи, які лягли в основу ведення успішної зовнішньої політики Китайської Народної Республіки від часу пізнього періоду керування державою Ден Сяопіном. Автором статті було проаналізовано те, як основоположні засади різних концепцій впливають на вибір підходів до ведення зовнішньої політики КНР, а також те, як ці засади сприймають критики Китай за кордоном. Політика «м'якої сили» -ще одна тема, яка досліджується у статті. Особливу увагу приділено Пекінському консенсусу, або Китайській моделі економічного розвитку, яка є альтернативою неоліберальній моделі Вашингтонського консенсусу. Результати проведеного аналізу доводять те, що положеннями згаданих вище концепцій не слід зневажати, оскільки вони створюють умови для ведення діалогу з Китаєм через мову й термінологію, які є зрозумілими як Китаю, так і його регіональним і західним партнерам. Це в свою чергу може допомогти Китайській Народній Республіці краще інтегруватися в існуючий світовий порядок. Автор статті дійшов висновку, що не слід нехтувати згаданими концепціями та принципами ведення зовнішньої політики, оскільки через них Китай декларує своє бажання діяти за правилами, визначен...

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Chinese Soft Power, Insecurity Studies, Myopia and Fantasy

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Introduction: The International Politics of Resources

Introduction: The International Politics of Resources

The exceptional state in Africa: Image management in Sino-African relations

Underpinnings of China’s rise: concepts and soft power

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