Transnational Sites of China’s Cultural Diplomacy : Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe Compared

0535597 - OÚ 2021 SG eng B - Monography
Ptáčková, Jarmila (ed.) - Klimeš, Ondřej (ed.) - Rawnsley, G. (ed.)
Transnational Sites of China’s Cultural Diplomacy : Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe Compared.
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 230 s. ISBN 978-981-15-5591-6
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA15-21829S
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) LQ300211901
Program: Prémie Lumina quaeruntur
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : One Belt * One Road * Rising China * Central Asia * Southeast Asia * Sino-European relations
OECD category: Political science

This book presents the results of a three-year comparative study on Chinese cultural diplomacy (CD) across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, which contributes to the broader theoretical debate on China`s increasing soft power in international relations. The study, ‘China's Cultural Diplomacy and the Role of Non-State Actors’ was conducted by a research team at the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic from 2015 to 2018. This book pays special attention to China’s localized forms of CD, focusing on the regional variations and involvement of non-state actors, especially local actors outside China. Local actors involved in Chinese CD diplomacy are characterized by their intermediary status as working for the aims of two states, while trying to bridge conflicts and enhance mutual understanding.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0316595