Trajectory of Chinese Cultural Diplomacy: The Case of International Co-production of Documentaries

This chapter focuses on the historical development of international co-production of Chinese documentaries. The authors map this history onto a broader contextual discussion of Chinese foreign policy and the development of China’s understanding of cultura

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national Sites of China’s Cultural Diplomacy

Jarmila Ptáˇcková · Ondˇrej Klimeš · Gary Rawnsley Editors

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

Editors Jarmila Ptáˇcková Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Ondˇrej Klimeš Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Gary Rawnsley University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

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Introduction: The Soft Edges of China’s Hard Power Jarmila Ptáˇcková, Ondˇrej Klimeš, Gary Rawnsley, and Jens Damm

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Cultural Diplomacy Today: A ‘Culture of Dialogue’ or a ‘Dialogue of Cultures’? Gary Rawnsley

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Xinjiang in China’s Public Diplomacy in Central Asia: Case Study of Almaty Ondˇrej Klimeš

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China’s ‘Silk Road’ Public Diplomacy in Central Asia: Rethinking the ‘Network’ Approach to the Study of Public Diplomacy and Its Instrumentalism Vˇera Exnerová Establishing a Common Ground—Admiral Zheng He as an Agent of Cultural Diplomacy in Malaysia Jakub Hrubý

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Two Confucius Institutes and a Cross-Border University as Sites of China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Malaysia: The Limitations of ‘Domestic Structures’ Tomáš Petru˚

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Attracting the Arabs? Promoting ‘Muslim’ China to Boost Regional Development in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Jarmila Ptáˇcková

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China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin: The Impact o