Chinese Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the United States

This book explores Chinese soft power and public diplomacy, and the way that it has played out in the context of the US-China relationship. As tensions between the two countries have grown in recent years, Chinese foreign policy has oscillated between confrontation and conciliation. In this work, which integrates all facets of China’s public diplomacy especially towards United States, the author explores the past and future of Chinese soft power, in a text that will interest diplomats, scholars and journalists.

Chapter 1 Conceptualizing Soft Power and Public Diplomacy.- Chapter 2 From “Rise of China” to “Peaceful Development”: An Analysis Of Competing Discourses.- Chapter 3 China’s Mediated Public Diplomacy in the United States.- Chapter 4 China’s Nation Branding in the United States.- Chapter 5 China’s Relational Public Diplomacy in the United States.- Chapter 6 Impact of China’s Soft power and Public Diplomacy in the United States: An assessment.

Dr. Bilal Zubair teaches at the National Defence University, Islamabad. He has a PhD in International Relations from the School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.