China's Non-State Soft Power Actors : Tai Chi, Traditional Culture, and the Practice of Public Diplomacy

Zhang, Xiaoling; Hong, Tony

ISBN 10: 0367279800 / ISBN 13: 9780367279806

Published by Routledge, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: China's Non-State Soft Power Actors : Tai Chi, Traditional Culture, and the Practice of Public Diplomacy
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367279800
• ISBN 13: 9780367279806
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This book enriches the evolving concept of soft power, and China’s approach to soft power, by considering how aspects of Chinese culture, notably the traditional martial art and health promoting exercise Tai Chi Quan, are being successfully promoted around the world by non-state actors, and how this fits alongside China’s state-sponsored soft power promotion. The book contrasts growing soft power promotion by China with the corresponding decline in such activities by Western states, outlines the growth of Tai Chi Quan societies worldwide and explores in detail why Tai Chi Quan appeals so strongly outside China. It shows how Tai Chi Quan introduces many people around the world to Chinese culture and builds links between people inside China and elsewhere in the world. It concludes that Tai Chi Quan achieves what soft power aims to achieve: a good image and long-term friendship.

About the Author

Xiaoling Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Media and Communication, University of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China

Tony Hong is a Lecturer at the School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, China