TY - BOOK AU - Ding,Sheng TI - The dragon's hidden wings: how China rises with its soft power SN - 9780739123928 AV - 408 DS 779.47 D584d 2008 U1 - 303.48251 PY - 2008/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - China KW - Relations KW - Relaciones N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e indice, p. 173-182; Part I. The concept of soft power and the rise of China -- Rising power, soft power, and the rise of China: a conceptual framework -- The Chinese idea of soft power and China's rising strategy -- Soft power reconsidered: multidimensionality of power resources and power conversion model -- Part II. The structure of China's soft power -- The Middle Kingdom's cultural attractiveness: China's reliable soft power resource -- The Chinese Communist Party's governance performance: China's questionable soft power resource -- Beijing's diplomatic finesse and weakness: China's limited soft power resources -- Part III. The dragon spreading its hidden wings: China's soft power wielding -- To build a "strong" language: opportunities and challenges in globalizing Mandarin Chinese -- "Old bottle, new wine": Beijing's soft power campaigns in the global south -- "Soft-looking" dragon in work: China's national image building with soft power UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008014021.html ER -