7pm-9pm, Sunday May 22, 2011 Ashdown TV Room
Agenda
Pre-Forum Survey (5')
Introduction to Soft Power (20')
- Definition of soft power
- Soft power and hard power
China's Soft Power Expansion by Field: Anecdotes & Discussion (40')
- Culture/Education
- Political ideals
- Diplomacy
China's Soft Power Expansion by Region and Political Intentions (50')
- China in Africa
- China in Southeast Asia
- China in South Americas
- China in other regions
Closing (5')
After-Forum Discussion
Materials
- Books
- Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power (1990), by Joseph Nye, where soft power was coined
- Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (2004), by Joseph Nye, further developed the concept
- Superfusion: How China and America became one economy and how the world's prosperity depends on it (2009), by Zachary Karabell
- On China (2011), by Henry Kissinger. For reviews, click here
- Blue Book of China's Cultural Soft Power (2011), by a Chinese commission. For reviews, click here (in Chinese)
- Articles
- Soft power @ Wikipedia
- Being Eaten by the Dragon, Economist, November 11, 2010
- Joseph Nye on Smart Power, Harvard Kennedy School Insight, July 3, 2008
- China's Century is not yet upon us, Joseph Nye, May 2010
- China’s repression undoes its charm offensive, Joseph Nye
- China Scoffs at America's Soft Power
- Soft power diplomacy to drive China-Africa relations in 2011, Xinhua Net
- The Rise of China's Soft Power, Joseph Nye
- Review of China's Soft Power, Council on Foreign Relations
- 2009 Soft Power Survey Report
- Websites
- Videos
- The Rise of China's Soft Power, Harvard Institute of Politics
- China and Africa Trading Relationships Set to Grow, BBC News, December 30, 2010
- China: Soft Power, funny video from YouTube
- How to improve China's soft power.. and America's?, Jerome Cohen's talk at Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club
Discussants
Chair: Cuicui Chen
External Relations: Cuicui Chen
Logistics: Rong Yuan
Record: Fei Gao
Off-site help: Benyue Liu, Wei Tian
Attendees: Lei Dai, Ruize Xu