Global attractiveness of Chinese culture

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On the Global attractiveness of Chinese culture, deadline: THURSDAY April 7, 6 p.m.

Please read chapter 11 of the text book, then answer the following questions:

Question 3: What strategy would you develop to make China the global leader of the hearts? To move China to the top right corner of the chart (clean and free) to be attractive to the whole world and that the world welcomes China to take over global leadership and even Taiwan province would be happy to reunite and that everybody wants to read the Book of Songs, Li Bai’s poems and the Red Chamber Dreams?

Question 4: What is the definition of hard power, soft power and smart power?

To answer this question 4, I highly recommend you search online for the pdfs of Joseph Nye on soft power (e.g. Nye 1990, Joseph S. Nye, Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power, 1990. Nye/Wang 2009, Joseph S. Nye/Jisi Wang, „Hard decisions on soft power“, in: Harvard International Review, http://hir.harvard.edu/agriculture/hard-decisions-on-soft-power).

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英语笔译 周哲 Zhou Zhe 202170081613

Question 3: What strategy would you develop to make China the global leader of the hearts? To move China to the top right corner of the chart (clean and free) to be attractive to the whole world and that the world welcomes China to take over global leadership and even Taiwan province would be happy to reunite and that everybody wants to read the Book of Songs, Li Bai’s poems and the Red Chamber Dreams?

Give full play to Confucius Institutes and Hanban, and establish a powerful and righteous image of China in the international stage.

Question 4: What is the definition of hard power, soft power and smart power?

Hard power: military and economic dominance

Soft power: things determining the appeal of a nation’s language, lifestyle/mentality, values and culture

Smart power: things similar to think tank. --Zhou Zhe (talk) 15:13, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

英语口译 段小蝶 Duan Xiaodie 202170081615

Q3: We should continue to develop the economy, improve the overall strength, show the responsibility of a big country, develop humanitarian, adhere to the peaceful diplomacy with other countries and advance the program that Chinese culture continues to go global.

Q4: Hard power of a country refers to its economic strength,military strength and scientific and technological strength.The hard power of a country is the foundation of a country's national power,which is the dominant power."Hard power" mainly consists of six elements:population,geographical conditions,natural resources,economic power,military power,the power of science and technology. Soft power refers to the intangible influence released by a country depending on the attraction of its political system, the appeal of its cultural values and the affinity of its national image.Soft power mainly includes seven aspects:first,the attraction and appeal of culture;second,the attraction of ideology and political values;third,the morality and legitimacy of foreign policy;and third,the attraction and appeal of ideology and political values.Fourth,the affinity when dealing with relations between countries;Fifth,the attractiveness of development paths and institutional models;Sixth,the ability to guide,formulate and control international norms,standards and mechanisms;Seventh,the degree of appreciation and recognition of a country's international image by international public opinion. Smart power refers to the ability to use all available soft and hard power---the combination of diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural means to advance a country's interests. Smart power is neither hard power nor soft power. It is a holistic strategy that combines hard and soft power.It is necessary to flexibly and balanced the comprehensive application of all kinds of means according to different specific situations, and respond to complex practical challenges with complex methods.