Discussion of Co-Building “One Belt and One Road” in Cultural Industry by Ministers of Culture of China and Arab

On 10th, September, as an important part of the third Arabic Arts Festival and one of the cultural forum activities of the Silk Road under the program Declaration of the Forum on China-Arab Cooperation, Forum for Ministers of Culture of China and Arab hosted by Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China,…

On 10th, September, as an important part of the third Arabic Arts Festival and one of the cultural forum activities of the Silk Road under the program Declaration of the Forum on China-Arab Cooperation, Forum for Ministers of Culture of China and Arab hosted by Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, League of Arab States with the partnership of National Museum of China and China Art and Entertainment Group. Cai Wu, minister of Ministry of Culture of…

A month ago China unveiled an action plan for China’s controversial One Belt, One Road initiative. The action plan introduces a series infrastructure development projects and trade related agreements along three Silk Roads emanating from China and reaching as far as Europe, Africa, and South America. It undoubtedly will be the subject of scrutiny as analysts and pundits on both sides of the Pacific chime in to make hasty comparisons to China’s 14th century maritime…

China unveiled on Saturday the principles, framework, and cooperation priorities and mechanisms in its Belt and Road Initiative in a bid to enhance regional connectivity and embrace a brighter future together.

The action plan, jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Commerce, offered insight in the China-initiated program's vision and…

As Ming Wan writes in his commentary in The Asan Forum on the “China Dream,” Chinese leaders use New Year’s celebrations as an opportunity to sum up the achievements of the recent past and to chart new directions for the future. Here, I discuss such New Year’s activity to argue that soft power works in interesting and unexpected ways in China.

Joseph Nye famously defines soft power as “the ability to get what you want…