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China’s pop culture is a big hit in 2025. It could help the country’s image.
This week we recommend a series about the dangers of the manosphere, an exhibition in Oxford, a play in Bristol, a historical game and a record-breaking animated film.
Ne Zha has successfully created both an emotional and patriotic bond with Chinese audiences while boosting China’s cultural confidence.
The video game is helping China advance toward two strategic goals: bolstering domestic semiconductor production and putting Chinese culture on the global stage.
China has used the animals to foster diplomatic goodwill for decades. However, with big differences between China and Australia, pandas perhaps can only do so much.
The arrival of two giant pandas in San Diego is a sign of China’s need to make friends in the US tech industries.
In recent years, the Chinese government has used scholarships to shape the views of Indonesian Muslim students on controversial issues such as the mistreatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
The response by Chinese donors to this pandemic so far illustrates how the country’s philanthropy is beginning to go global.
From helping fight coronavirus to supporting education and biodiversity projects, China’s tech billionaires have moved boldly into philanthropy, continuing what is an ancient tradition.
A Chinese sci-fi epic is breaking box office records and exporting a vision of a new world order as it does so.
Soft power is a country’s ability to gain influence through attraction. Australia’s soft power in the Pacific began waning when it axed the Australia Network in 2014. And China is filling the gap.
Not enough credit is given to the agency African governments have in their dealings with China.
In the footsteps of US foriegn policy blunders, China is making friends and influencing people in Latin America.
The review of Confucius Classrooms, which promote Chinese language learning, comes amid concerns about foreign influence, soft power and academic freedom.
China is stepping into a soft power vacuum created by the new US administration. Since Donald Trump was elected president, the country has eschewed soft power.
Newly translated Chinese Ministry of Education records shine light on China’s shifting place in the global higher education landscape.
The communist state exercises ‘soft power’ in Australia in myriad ways, and it is vital that it is resisted.
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Global philanthropy expert, Carleton University
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Researcher, Author, International Educator, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH)
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Geography, Michigan State University
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Doctoral Researcher in Politics, University of Surrey
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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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Senior Lecturer in ESOL/TESOL, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Business Economics, University of Nottingham
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Ph.D. Student in Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior Lecturer in Creative & Cultural Industries, De Montfort University
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)