China's Soft Power
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The document discusses the contrast between China's hard and soft power, highlighting recent experiences in both China and the USA. It reflects on the cultural differences where China's political structure emphasizes uniformity while the U.S. promotes individuality. Additionally, it includes personal anecdotes and philosophical insights on adaptability, likening the Chinese cultural essence to the fluid nature of water.
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China's Soft Power
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- 6. Soft PowerHard PowerExplicit / DirectImplicit / IndirectForceCharmMakeLetTop-downBottom-upLinear / HierarchyNon-linear / Network
- 7. 60th AnniversaryPeople’s Rep. ofCHINA
- 8. Crouching tiger slowly begins wielding its influence over the world…
- 18. “We can achieve in one week what they(the U.K.) can achieve in one month. That's the reason ourperformers give such brilliant performances. I think other than North Korea, no other country anywhere in the world can achieve this.”Yimou Zhang
- 19. Cultural DifferencePut into abstract icons by Liu Yang
- 20. PartyThe BossMeThe Way of Life
- 22. Communist Control + Cultural BackgroundHard PowerExplicit / DirectThe BossForceMakeTop-downThe Way of LifeLinear / Hierarchy
- 23. Meanwhile in the U.S it is…IndividualityOverUniformity
- 30. Democratic Freedom + Cultural BackgroundSoft PowerImplicit / IndirectThe BossCharmLetBottom-upThe Way of LifeNon-linear / Network
- 31. Two extreme things I saw and heardin China last year.
- 32. Case #1Ethnic clashes in Urmuqi last July
- 42. Case #2Lu Guang's "Pollution in China" project
- 47. 國進民退State rises while people fall back
- 48. In Status Quo,You’re anonymousYou’re a number
- 49. However, history says Chinese culture is…fundamentally soft(Even softer than the U.S. gov’t)
- 51. The best of man is like water,Which benefits all things, and does not contend with them,Which flows in places that others disdain,Where it is in harmony with the Way.- Laotse
- 52. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.- BRUCE LEE
- 53. Thanks!