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 李婷 Li Ting 202170081576

Question 3 Strengthen the comprehensive strength of the country, enhance the international influence of Chinese culture.

Question 4

Hard power refers to a country's economic power, military power and scientific and technological power and other dominant powers such as military power and economic power. Generally speaking, hard power refers to visible and tangible material power. According to Joseph Nye, hard power is the ability of a state to use its military and economic might to coerce or buy off other states.

Soft power coined by Josepf Nye, the term is "the ability of a nation to get what it wants by attracting and persuading other nations to follow its goals". There are three main sources: culture (where it works to appeal to other countries), political values (when the country strives to live up to those values at home and abroad), and foreign policy (when policies need to be seen as legitimate and have moral authority).

Smart power coined by Suzanne Nossel, the term emphasizes the combined use of hard and soft power to achieve a country's diplomatic goals.--Li Ting (talk) 07:23, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

英语笔译 刘婷 Liu Ting 202170081586

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? First, we need to improve the transparency of our chinese government, reducing the corruption acts. Second, We should make our resolution and deliver our practical on some international issues, like the climate change and envrironment protection, thus win the trust of the rest world. Third, we need to improve our education, welfare and employment system, so as to cultivate, retain and absorb more talents.

Question 4: What is the definition of hard power, soft power and smart power? Hard power: hard power means military and economic dominance, the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force.

Soft power: soft power determines the appeal of a nation’s language, lifestyle/mentality, values and culture, the ability to achieve one's goals without force, esp by diplomacy, persuasion, etc.

Smart power: smart power is used to describe a combination of hard and soft power.

英语笔译 聂薇 Nie Wei 202170081592

Q3: Make efforts to make government work more transparent and further promote the anti-corruption campaign, so as to strengthen people’s trust in the government and thus win the affection of global people. Keep the talented stay in China with all possible measures to curb the brain drain, so as to promote social development. While pursuing our own interests, we should seek common development and consider the interests of other countries, showing our determination to protect the community of a shared future for all. Protect our people, ensure the welfare and other measures that will do good to our people, so we can deliver good lives to our people, which will vividly show the outside world that Chinese people live in happiness because of our political, cultural, economic and other conditions, so they will admire us and be willing to be led by us.

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.--Nie Wei (talk) 07:22, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

英语笔译 庹树梅 Tuo Shumei 202170081596

Question 3: First， From the government's point of view, the authorities should develop more strategies to improve the soft power of culture, actively promote the "going out policy", and show more of China's culture and various economic and political developments to the world. Second, From the perspective of the public, we should establish confidence in the road, theory, system and culture, actively introduce China to foreign friends, and strengthen friendly exchanges and cooperation with other countries. Third, Politically speaking, we should adhere to the socialist road of peaceful development and the five principles of peaceful coexistence, live in friendship with other countries for mutual benefit and a win-win situation, and never claim hegemony. In general, China should adhere to its reform and opening-up policy, maintain an open attitude to the outside world, keep up with the world's development, learn from the lessons, take the essence and remove the dross, and introduce and show the world a better China.

Question 4: What is the definition of hard power, soft power and smart power? Hard power is the dominant power, which refers to a country's economic power, military power and scientific and technological power; in common parlance, hard power is the visible and tangible material power. Hard power is the tangible carrier, soft power is the intangible extension. And soft power refers to a country's culture, values, social system and other factors that affect its development potential and appeal. Soft power is a capability to achieve its goals through attraction rather than coercion or inducement and is another component of a country's comprehensive power in addition to traditional, hard power based on military and economic strength. The introduction of this concept clarifies the important value of soft power and raises it to a position of equal or even greater importance than traditional "hard power," as Joseph Nye said, "Hard power and soft power are equally important, but in the information age, soft power is becoming more prominent than ever ". "Smart power" is the skillful use of all available "soft power" and "hard power", that is, the ability to use a combination of diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural means to The ability to defend national interests. smart power is neither hard power nor soft power. It is a holistic strategy that integrates hard and soft power, a power base, and a "toolbox" to achieve U.S. objectives. It emphasizes the need for strong military power, but also focuses heavily on alliances, partnerships, and mechanisms at all levels, with the goal of expanding U.S. influence.

英语笔译 王亚娟 Wang Yajuan 202170081598

Q3：Firstly, China's comprehensive national power should be improved. Improving the country's hard power and enhancing our influence will make more countries pay attention to China; secondly, we should enhance the country's cultural soft power, strengthen the ability of cultural innovation and cultural confidence. Q4：Hard power refers to a country's economic power, military power, and scientific and technological power. Hard power is the power of a country to force other countries to submit to its leadership and command in international affairs by virtue of its coercive and dominant capabilities such as population, territory, natural resources, economic power, military power, and scientific and technological power, which it can actually use. Soft power is the ability of a country's culture and ideology to attract, rather than coerce, a desired outcome. Soft power is the ability of a country to make other countries do what it wants, but not through coercive military force, economic pressure, or the provision of material inducements. Soft power is neither a carrot nor a stick, but rather the ability to set an example and make others do what they want. In other words, soft power is about shaping the preferences of others. Smart power is a combination of hard and soft power. As a method, it is flexible and comprehensive. It is not the simple addition of the two, but the unification of the two. There is no clear ratio between the use of hard power and soft power in the application of smart power, and it is necessary to choose the application to achieve the maximum purpose and benefit according to different situations.

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.