THE EFFICIENCY OF CHINA’S SOFT POWER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
THE EFFICIENCY OF CHINA’S SOFT POWER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Summary/Abstract: After the collapse of the USSR, in 1990’s, China became the most powerful communist country in the world system. The economic growth of China, in the last thirty years, is higher than U.S. and other states. Some thinkers asserted the hypothesis that China will replace the present order and will try to counterbalance against the Western rules, which now are the core of the international system. In order to maintain its growth, economic and military, and not to be seen as a threat to other countries, China, by using a new type of power, namely soft power, has been trying to integrate in the international community and to build a positive image in the eyes of the democratic societies. By using Nye’s components of soft power, culture, political values and foreign policy, the present article aims to explore the efficiency of China’s soft power in international relations in the light of the subsequent research evidence.

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