China and Soft Power today
China and Soft Power today

Summary/Abstract: Leadership can be natural or educated or both, natural and educated for success, and it is extremely relevant nowadays at all possible levels, especially at international level as it is affecting present world development based on power politics-including the power of knowledge (knowledge is power-as we all know)spread all over the world.Playing the game of soft power, China is using the Confucius institutes in order to spread Chinese culture, civilization and language and stimulate as many people as possible to get acquainted with its values and, at the same time, open their minds towards China and even sympathize with its message from the economic as well as cultural points of view.Diplomacy can be extremely useful in international relations today. China’s increasing soft power can be explained and understood by looking at its economic growth and by regarding its economic engagement with many countries worldwide. China’s increasing role as a global superpower seems rather appealing today.

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