Soft Power and the Chinese Propaganda System

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ID12422604
AuthorsKingsley Edney (0000-0001-8267-6714, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume21
Issue78
Pages899-914
Publication date2012-07-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670564.2012.701031
OpenAlexW1974683768
LanguageEN
Citations received55

Chinese party-state officials now openly speak of the importance of increasing the country's soft power. This raises questions, however, about how the soft power concept relates to the party-state's existing propaganda system. This article investigates how the party-state interprets the soft power concept and how this fits into its broader approach to propaganda work. It argues that the way the party-state has interpreted the concept of soft power conforms to its approach to both foreign and domestic propaganda work. Like foreign propaganda, increasing soft power for the party-state involves improving international communication capabilities and is undertaken with domestic objectives in mind; like domestic propaganda work, policies designed to increase soft power are expected to balance the goal of promoting cultural creativity and variety with the goal of strengthening national cohesion

China · Media studies · Physics · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Soft power · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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