TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bing,Ngeow Chow
AU  - Chee-Beng,Tan
AU  - Chen,Shihlun Allen
AU  - Fu,Neo Peng
AU  - Ho,Hannah Ming Yit
AU  - Hock,Lim Boon
AU  - Hoon,Chang-Yau
AU  - Lertpusit,Sivarin
AU  - Shy,Fan Pik
AU  - Siriphon,Aranya
AU  - Stenberg,Josh
AU  - Suryadinata,Leo
AU  - Xoan,Tran Thi
AU  - Yap,Gwendolyn
AU  - Yeremia,Ardhitya Eduard
AU  - Yugioksing,Jane
TI  - Rising China’s Soft Power in Southeast Asia: Impact on Education and Popular Culture 
SN  - 9789815203042
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Singapore
PB  - ISEAS Publishing
KW  - International Relations
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; The Contributors --; Introduction: An Overview of Rising Chinese Educational Soft Power and Cultural Influence in Southeast Asia --; Part I: GENERAL OVERVIEW OF CHINA’S SOFT POWER --; 1. Chinese Overseas and China’s Soft Power --; 2. Southeast Asian States and China’s Educational Soft Power --; 3. Expatriate or Native Chinese Language Teachers for Maritime Southeast Asia? --; Part II: CHINA’S SOFT POWER AND EDUCATION IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA --; 4. Chinese Soft Power in Thailand: The Influence of Chinese Education --; 5. Understanding China’s Educational Soft Power from Recipients’ Perspectives: A Case Study of the Yunnanese Chinese in Northern Thailand --; 6. China’s Soft Power in Laos, with Special Reference to Chinese Education and Chinese Language Teaching --; 7. Chinese Education and Educating Chinese in a Post-Conflicted State: Mandarin Education Systems in Cambodia --; Part III: CHINA’S SOFT POWER AND EDUCATION IN MARITIME SOUTHEAST ASIA --; 8. China’s Educational Soft Power: A View from Malaysia --; 9. Seek Knowledge as Far as China: Santris’ Educational Mobility to China and Its Meanings for China’s Soft Power Projection in Indonesia --; 10. Assessment of China’s Soft Power among China-Educated Filipinos: Impact on the Philippines --; 11. Chinese Language Education in Brunei Darussalam: An Instrument of China’s Soft Power? --; Part IV: CHINA’S SOFT POWER AND POPULAR CULTURE --; 12. The Power of Fantasy: Southeast Asians’ Obsession with Chinese Xianxia Dramas --; 13. Impact of Chinese Popular Culture on Young People in Vietnam --; 14. PRC Soft Power and Chinese Indonesian Arts: Reports from the Ends of the Spectrum --; Index; restricted access
N2  - The book addresses the issues of China’s soft power in Southeast Asia during the rise of China. This soft power includes Chinese language education and popular culture. With regard to Chinese education, prior to the rise of China, Chinese schools were catered to mainly overseas Chinese children. Non-Chinese seldom received Chinese education. However, the rise of China and the export of Confucius Institutes (CIs) changed the landscape as CIs are meant for the non-Chinese population as well. China’s educational soft power penetrated the larger non-Chinese community, making Chinese soft power more effective. Chinese popular culture has also infiltrated the non-Chinese population. Various chapters in this book show that rising China’s soft power in Southeast Asia has grown quite significantly, particularly in terms of the Chinese language and Chinese popular culture. Nevertheless, its popularity still lags behind American soft power. The Chinese language is still not as popular as the English language. The same could also be said for Chinese popular culture. The growth of China’s soft power faces tremendous challenges in the Southeast Asian region. Its further growth would depend on China’s continuous economic power and cordial relations with the Southeast Asian countries
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789815203042
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789815203042
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789815203042/original
ER  -