What is soft power? What do China's leaders think about Chinese soft power? What can be its components and utility? Is China's soft power sustainable? These are just some of the questions that this volume explores. Emerging from a conference on 'The Rise of China and Its Soft Power', held in October 2007 in Singapore, this 13-chapter volume covers a whole gamut of relevant issues, from the conception and definition of 'soft power' to its use by the Chinese state across regions and issues. In the post-economic crisis world, when China's role as a leading international player has only been strengthened, a deeper understanding of China's seemingly intangible, yet often deemed 'formidable', soft power is certainly a useful undertaking.
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