External Influence : China’s soft power and the belt and road initiative in Southeast Asia

President Xi has heightened China’s soft power capabilities and usage of public diplomacy to improve its image and influence in the region, in a bid to ensure the success of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Given this shift in China’s approach to the BRI via soft power, it is imperative to study...

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Main Author: Muhammad Haikal Hasbullah
Other Authors: Ana Cristina Dias Alves
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139683
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description President Xi has heightened China’s soft power capabilities and usage of public diplomacy to improve its image and influence in the region, in a bid to ensure the success of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Given this shift in China’s approach to the BRI via soft power, it is imperative to study whether there is a correlation between soft power and the extent of its impact on the success of the BRI in terms of its progress and completion. Based on the surveys conducted by ISEAS – Yusoff Ishak Institute and data provided by AidData, the findings from this essay supports the presence of a correlation as the improvements and usage of soft power has undoubtedly helped the expansion of the BRI in Southeast Asia. However, the effects of soft power have been affected by various factors such as the issues in the BRI as well as the domestic factors in the recipient countries.
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spelling ntu-10356/1396832020-05-21T02:19:15Z External Influence : China’s soft power and the belt and road initiative in Southeast Asia Muhammad Haikal Hasbullah Ana Cristina Dias Alves School of Social Sciences anacristina@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science::International relations President Xi has heightened China’s soft power capabilities and usage of public diplomacy to improve its image and influence in the region, in a bid to ensure the success of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Given this shift in China’s approach to the BRI via soft power, it is imperative to study whether there is a correlation between soft power and the extent of its impact on the success of the BRI in terms of its progress and completion. Based on the surveys conducted by ISEAS – Yusoff Ishak Institute and data provided by AidData, the findings from this essay supports the presence of a correlation as the improvements and usage of soft power has undoubtedly helped the expansion of the BRI in Southeast Asia. However, the effects of soft power have been affected by various factors such as the issues in the BRI as well as the domestic factors in the recipient countries. Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Global Affairs 2020-05-21T02:19:15Z 2020-05-21T02:19:15Z 2020 Final Year Project (FYP) https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139683 en HAa19_03 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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title External Influence : China’s soft power and the belt and road initiative in Southeast Asia
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title_fullStr External Influence : China’s soft power and the belt and road initiative in Southeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed External Influence : China’s soft power and the belt and road initiative in Southeast Asia
title_short External Influence : China’s soft power and the belt and road initiative in Southeast Asia
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