The millions of new users who flocked to RedNote ahead of the TikTok ban show that China's soft power can come in different forms A recent wave of TikTok users flocking to the RedNote app could ...

Tencent’s dominance in the gaming world has turned digital entertainment into a powerful vehicle for projecting China’s ...

In 2013, during a core decision-making meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping used the term “think tank” for the first time as ...

The new US president, Donald Trump, has given TikTok a reprieve one day after a law came into effect banning the ...

China’s trade volume with partner countries in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year, accounting for over half of China’s total trade volume for the first time. At the ...

In a global public opinion climate marked by polarized views of China, one common tactic employed by the Party-state apparatus to dispel potential criticism is encouraging foreigners to come see ...

America has always used a blend of hard power and soft power. We both flex and listen. With the stakes this high, we will ...

The move to Xiaohongshu is an unexpected win for China’s soft-power push. The term “soft power” was coined in the late 1980s by American political scientist Joseph Nye. It refers to the ...

The other part of the unfolding story involves "soft connectivity", where China has given the initiative relevance by signing e-commerce memorandums of understanding with more than 30 countries ...

China’s focus on soft power—including strengthening cultural and educational ties—has helped Beijing build political goodwill with local governments and present itself as a viable ...

The data highlighted the challenges in phasing out coal-fired power while supplying China's energy-hungry industries and advancing the electrification of its economy. Power sector emissions are ...

Move over, pandas. Chinese state media and policymakers have crowned a new cultural “magic weapon,” a soft power export ...