The power transition and the US response to China’s expanded soft power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12700985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wei-Hao Huang (0000-0002-5047-0970, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan), Duncan Lien (0000-0002-0659-2831, Department of Economics, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA), Donald Lien (Department of Economics, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA), Jun Xiang (0000-0002-2675-5167, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-410 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-482X • E-ISSN: 1470-4838 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/irap/lcz008 |
| OpenAlex | W2946608340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 37 |
Many scholars have examined how the United States should respond to a rising non-democratic China. Contrary to the well-debated hard power domain, little attention has been devoted to China’s soft power. This study is arguably the first to systematically investigate the US response to the establishment of Confucius Institutes—China’s global initiative to expand soft power. We argue that the US decision to establish Confucius Institutes is influenced by both macro- and micro-level variables. At the macro-level, as suggested by the power transition theory, the United States is more likely to accommodate Confucius Institutes when China shows a higher level of satisfaction with the United States. At the micro-level, US universities and state governments host Confucius Institutes due to budget saving and community engaging. Our analysis sheds light on how the United States makes trade-offs when confronting China’s expanded soft power, and it provides yet another prominent example of money buying influence in international relations
China · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Hard power · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Soft power · State (computer science · Transition (genetics · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Political Conflict and Governance · Law
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |