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Fuyou Street, Headquarters of China’s Push for Global Soft Power

At first look, 135 Fuyou Street in Beijing might look like any other compound. However, this is where the office of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party is located. This 200-meter-long building is basically China’s headquarters for promoting the Party’s narratives to the international community and developing the country’s soft power. ...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

NATO Admits: China Replaces Russia as the Major Challenge

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949 in order to counter the threat of the Soviet Union. Decades later, the Soviet Union is no more. However, another major threat has arisen in its place — China. At a recent summit, NATO admitted for the first time in its history that China’s rise ...

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

How Neo Chinese Online Storytelling Is Helping Spread Soft Power

Though China spends billions every year to boost its soft power abroad, the results are often not encouraging. However, the soft power of Chinese culture is spreading organically without any push from the state thanks to the growing popularity of Chinese online storytelling. Chinese online storytelling The history of online Chinese literature dates back to ...

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Chinese literature.

Soft Power: China Simply Doesn’t Get It

The Chinese communist government focuses heavily on developing soft power, which is basically the ability to influence outsiders to admire your culture in hopes that they will align with your decisions. At the recent World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Chinese participants tried to push hard their country’s “soft power” in front of international visitors, revealing ...

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CCTV surveillance camera.