A look at China and it's soft power
Korea has Kpop, Japan has anime, but what does China have? Why is it hard for us to think of anything 'cool' about China, and why is that the case?
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:45 The definition of soft power
3:58 The problem: China's soft power deficiency
9:23 China's historically attractive soft power + modern influences (Douyin makeup, Genshin)
14:28 Discussion on personal experiences, China's censorship and geopolitics
20:51 Shambaugh's conclusion / Outro
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Sources/useful explanations, timestamps and (some more) of my thoughts!
0:52 Soft power being the ability to influence others
(the rest is on Australia's commitment to fostering their soft power but it does show a great link between people's perception of a country and the country's foreign policy goals) https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default...
1:04: The three pillars of soft power https://softpower30.com/what-is-soft-...
1:37 BTS bringing $5b to the SK economy https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/102555...
1:52, 2:39 From the transcript of a super in depth interview by the CSIS (Centre for Strategic & International Studies) with some insaaaaaaaanely smart panellists (including Joseph Nye himself) as they deep dive into Korea's soft power, and its impacts on Korea's economy and the US-ROK alliance.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/beyond-...
3:48 HOW GOOD IS THIS QUOTE, of course I didn't come up with it myself, it's from a cracking piece I read - I think it was from this AFR article by Geoff Raby but I have since hit my free article viewing limit and I'm now paywalled lmao
https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-af...
4:00 An exploration into China's influence being based on coercion and payment, and its recent damaging policies and approaches in influencing foreign governments
https://pacforum.org/publication/pacn...
4:36 Lucas Niewenhuis really came thru with the receipts compiling a list of international brands that have apologised to China
https://signal.supchina.com/all-the-i...
6:25 China's response and economic action to Morey's tweet showing solidarity for HK
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/08/me...
6:46 China's annual spending of $10b on soft power
https://www.economist.com/graphic-det...
7:55 "This is China" rap
• Chinese hip-hop group raps for Commun...
13:30 China's creative industries being much more limited in terms of how much freedom they are given vs Korea and Japan
https://www.e-ir.info/2020/07/03/the-...
13:47 Western values resonating with China's youth and President Xi Jinping's response in ordering Chinese' universities to "adhere to the correct political orientation"
https://www.chinafile.com/features/wh...
14:28 link to my tiktok lol
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSRs8c43e/
20:51 David Shambaugh's journal article which I referenced at the end of the video summarising China's soft power deficiency, the various actions and strategies they adopted in a bid to increase it and reflections on what China should do in the future
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483821
Video clips used
20:51 Background clip from The China Guide on YouTube:
• Visit China: Enchanting Land of Contr...
Thanks for watching and thanks 2 my mates for listening to me ramble about this long enough that I could make a whole video out of it :-)
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