Research Report on China's Cultural Soft Power
The competition between comprehensive national strengths in today's world is becoming increasingly fierce. Every nation, particularly the major powers, utilizes various methods to demonstrate the might of its hard power and the charisma of its soft power. An increasing body of facts informs us that soft power is indispensable to the development of any country, and its status and role are becoming increasingly prominent. In international contests, if a country’s hard power is deficient, it may be defeated once struck; however, if a country’s soft power is deficient, it may suffer defeat even without a fight. The disintegration of the Soviet Union is a classic example of a "defeat without a fight" caused by the collapse of the soft power edifice. It is noteworthy that culture constitutes the warp and woof [1] running through soft power and is the soul that sustains it. Soft power lacking cultural height is short-sighted; soft power lacking cultural depth is superficial; soft power lacking cultural inclusiveness is narrow; and soft power lacking cultural innovation will inevitably become ossified and wither away. Fundamentally, the reason soft power concerns the rise and fall of a nation, the strength of a state, and the wealth of its people is primarily determined by the factor of cultural soft power within it. In the historical process of building socialism with Chinese characteristics and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must continuously strengthen China’s cultural soft power while vigorously enhancing China’s hard power. To this end, we must unswervingly deepen and expand the research on Chinese cultural soft power to serve the expansion and empowerment of China’s cultural soft power, serve the decision-making of the Party and the government, and serve the further enhancement of China’s comprehensive national strength.
Table of Contents
General Report An Analysis of Research Trends in Chinese Cultural Soft Power in 2009
Sub-Reports A Summary of the Current State of Research on Chinese Cultural Soft Power in 2009 A Summary of Research on the Basic Theory of Chinese Cultural Soft Power in 2009 A Summary of Research on the Elements of Traditional Chinese Cultural Soft Power in 2009 A Summary of Research on Policy Countermeasures for Chinese Cultural Soft Power in 2009
Research Monographs Research on Chinese Cultural Soft Power Holds Great Promise Opportunities and Challenges in Improving Our Nation’s Cultural Soft Power A Key Indicator of Cultural Soft Power: Discourse Power [2] "Singing, Reading, Lecturing, and Transmitting" [3] Activities as an Effective Way to Improve Cultural Soft Power Prospering and Developing Scholarship to Enhance Chinese Cultural Soft Power Effective Communication Capacity: A Vital Link in Improving Cultural Soft Power Standpoints, Methods, and Propositions in the Research of National Cultural Soft Power The "Soft Power" Connotations of the Concept of "Culture" in Ancient China Practical Innovation in Cultural Soft Power An Important Field for Enhancing National Cultural Soft Power Understanding China's "National Cultural Soft Power" Reflections on Several Difficult Problems in Current Research on Our Nation’s Soft Power A Retrospective and Prospectus of Chinese Cultural Soft Power Research A Review of Research on National Soft Power Research on the Internal Composition and Value of Cultural Soft Power "Cultural China" Manifests National Cultural Soft Power A New Theory of Soft Power: Composition, Functions, and Laws of Development Chinese Discourse, the Chinese Situation, and the Chinese Path of Cultural Soft Power National Traditional Culture and Cultural Security Enhancing National Soft Power and Constructing the Core Value System Confucianism and Chinese Cultural Soft Power The Confucian Ethical Tradition and the Construction of Chinese Cultural Soft Power Promoting Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture to Enhance Our Nation’s Cultural Soft Power On Kangxi’s Governance and Cultural Soft Power in the Early Qing Dynasty New Media and the Construction and Communication of Chinese Soft Power Macro-perspectives and Basic Ideas for Creating the Discipline of Cultural Soft Power Studies An Analysis of Enhancing Guangzhou's Cultural Soft Power by Hosting the 2010 Asian Games An Analysis of Problems and Paths for Improvement in Our Nation’s Cultural Soft Power Television Diplomacy: The Construction of a Form of Soft Power Adhering to Reform and Innovation to Drive the Great Leap in Cultural Soft Power through Large-scale Industrial Development The Holistic Construction of Development Paths for Regional Cultural Soft Power A Review of American "Soft Power" Research in 2009 Deng Xiaoping and Cultural Issues
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