Emerging Negative Soft Power
The Evolution of China’s Identity in the 2008 and 2022 Beijing Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21545382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle Cabula (China Files, corresponding author), Stefano Pochettino (ESIC Business & Marketing School, Valencia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 17-34 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Spectator (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0393-2729 • E-ISSN: 1751-9721 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03932729.2023.2195337 |
| OpenAlex | W4377092479 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
By hosting the Olympics in 2008 and 2022, Beijing became the first city to organise both the Summer and Winter Games. These events offered the People’s Republic of China (PRC) an opportunity to present itself to the world and enhance its attractiveness. However, between the two editions, Chinese self-perception has experienced significant transformations, as has its vision of the world, resulting in the national attitude shifting from adaptation to, to contestation of pre-established norms and paradigms. The symbols, images, scenes and discourses exhibited during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 and 2022 Olympics mirror the broader international communication strategies deployed by the PRC under the Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping presidencies as part of their implementation of negative soft power
Aesthetics · Art · Attractiveness · Beijing · China · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Soft power · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
Chinese Soft Power
Contestation and Transformation. Final Thoughts on the Liberal International Order
China's Flat Earth
Entering the Global Arena
The 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
Controversial Identity of a Rising China
Soft power, ideology and symbolic manipulation in Summer Olympic Games opening ceremonies
Opening Ceremonies of International Sports Events
Olympic Winter Games in Non-Western Cities
A comparative analysis of Australian, US, and British telecasts of the Seoul Olympic opening ceremony
Identity and Security in China
Soft Power With Chinese Characteristics
Soft Power
China's 'new type of Great Power relations
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |