China’s Public Diplomacy Rhetoric, 1990–2012
Pragmatic Image-Crafting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12256675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David A Scott (0000-0001-9083-580X), David Scott (0000-0002-4176-0466, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 249-265 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomacy and Statecraft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2296 • E-ISSN: 1557-301X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592296.2015.1034563 |
| OpenAlex | W1542661219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
During Hu Jintao’s period of leadership, careful public diplomacy language was deployed by the People’s Republic of China from 2000–2012 to describe the international system and China’s role within it. The terms looked at in this analysis are those introduced in the 2000s to recalibrate the ‘multi-polarity’ [shijie duojihua] emphasis of the 1990s. These terms have been deployed within a general ‘reassurance diplomacy’ that emphasised concepts like ‘responsible Great Power’ [fuzeren da guo], ‘multi-lateralism’ [duobian zhuyi], ‘good neighbourhood policy’ [mulin zhengce], ‘democratisation of international relations’ [guoji guanxi mingzhuhua], ‘peaceful rise’ [heping jueqi], ‘peaceful development’ [heping fazhan] and ‘harmonious world’ [hexie shijie]. Ambiguities, implications, impact, and tensions surrounding these terms are considered, and China’s deliberate adjustments pinpointed. China’s soft power intentions emerge from its instrumentalist use of diplomatic rhetoric, though a credibility gap also emerged between actions and words by 2012
China · Credibility · Democracy · Democratization · Diplomacy · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Great power · Hard power · Instrumentalism · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Public Diplomacy · Rhetoric · Sociology · Soft power · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Public Relations and Crisis Communication
The Changing Ecology of Foreign Policy-Making in China
The logic of images in international relations.
National Image Building and Chinese Foreign Policy
China Talks Back
China's Anti-encirclement Struggle
China
Peaceful development
Refocusing Public Diplomacy
Credibility talk in public diplomacy
The “Good Neighbour Policy” in the Context of China's Foreign Relations
China's rise in Historical Perspective
Chinese Strategic Thinking on Multilateral Regional Security in Northeast Asia
Public Diplomacy and the Rise of Chinese Soft Power
China’s Strategic Futures
To Build A “Harmonious World
Branding a Rising China
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |