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Author Barr, Michael (Michael T.), author.

Title Who's afraid of China? : the challenge of Chinese soft power / Michael Barr.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Zed, [2011]
New York, NY : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin's Press, LLC.
©2011

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (154 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Asian arguments
Asian arguments.
Summary "If China suddenly democratised, would it cease being labelled as a threat? This ... book argues that fears of China often say as much about those who hold them as they do about the rising power itself. It focuses not on the usual trope of economic and military might, but on China's growing cultural influence and the connections between China's domestic politics and its attempts to brand itself internationally. Using examples from film, education, media, politics, and art, Who's Afraid of China? is both an introduction to Chinese soft power and a critical analysis of international reaction to it. It examines how the West's own past, hopes, and fears shape the way it thinks about and engages with China and argues that the rising power touches a nerve in the Western psyche, presenting a fundamental challenge to ideas about modernity, history, and international relations."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-147) and index.
Contents On the fear of China -- Blinded by the Beijing consensus -- New Cultural Revolution -- Media offensive -- Brand Confucius -- Back to the future? -- All under heaven -- Yellow man's burden -- Imagined power.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject China -- Foreign relations -- 1976-
China.
International relations.
Chronological Term 1976-
Subject China -- Relations.
Relations.
China -- Foreign public opinion.
China -- Civilization.
Civilization, Western -- Chinese influences.
Civilization.
International relations.
Civilization, Western -- Chinese influences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
Public opinion.
Diplomatic relations.
Chronological Term Since 1976
Other Form: Print version: Barr, Michael (Michael T.). Who's afraid of China? London ; New York : Zed Books, ©2011 9781848135895 (OCoLC)721883895
ISBN 9781848135918 (electronic book)
1848135912 (electronic book)
1283286580
9781283286589
9781848135895 (hardback)
1848135890 (hardback)
9786613286581
6613286583
Standard No. 9786613286581