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...Nye, who was involved in setting China policy as assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton administration, said that “China is one of the rare instances where, between Clinton and Bush, policies have remained roughly the same.” He said both administrations had sought to “balance and integrate” China, and said that this combination of boosting China’s neighbors while welcoming China into the international community had proven highly effective...
...Nye was joined by Lan Xue, a professor at the Tsinghua University School of Public Policy in Beijing, as well as two Harvard scholars—an emeritus professor, Ezra F. Vogel, and the director of KSG’s China Public Policy Program, Anthony J. Saich—on a panel about “China’s soft power...
...Soft power” is a term coined by Nye, initially with reference to the United States. In a 2004 Foreign Affairs article, he described “soft power” as the “ability to attract others by the legitimacy of U.S. policies and the values that underlie them.” China, the panel observed, is increasingly using diplomacy, culture, and popular appeal to conduct its foreign policy...
...Nye began by arguing that “China’s culture is becoming more popular than it used to be.” He said that China is attracting more foreign tourists, and China Radio International is now more widely broadcast in other East Asian nations than the U.S.-backed Voice of America...
...Nye also pointed to the success of these efforts: a recent poll found that a majority of citizens in 23 out of 33 countries polled had a favorable view of Chinese power, against just 13 nations where a majority had a favorable opinion of U.S. power...