7pm-9pm, Sunday May 22, 2011 Ashdown TV Room
“Success depends not only on whose army wins, but also on whose story wins.” -- Joseph Nye
Agenda
Introduction to Soft Power
- Definition of soft power
- Joseph Nye's definition
- Origin in Chinese ancient wisdom (video)
- Soft power and hard power
- From the historical perspective
What Soft Power Does China Have?
- Survey
- Video
China's Soft Power Expansion: Stories, Lessons and the Future
- Culture
- Political ideals
- Diplomacy
- Education
- Industry
Closing
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
- Soft Power: China, BBC World Service - Documentaries
Discussants
Chair: Cuicui Chen
External Relations: Benyue Liu
Logistics: Rong Yuan
Record: Fei Gao
Off-site help: Benyue Liu, Wei Tian
Attendees: Lei Dai, Ruize Xu, Feng Fu, Weiwei Wu, Dheera (maybe), Minjie Chen, Mengdi Wang