Latest issue of CPD Perspectives assesses PD impact of 2008 Pro-China demonstrations

The latest issue of CPD Perspectives in Public Diplomacy is now available. Entitled "Public Diplomacy from Below: The 2008 Pro-China Demonstrations in Europe and North America," this issue of CPD Perspectives looks at a new breed of overseas Chinese activism through the lens of the 2008 pro-China demonstrations in Europe and North America ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Under reported by the Western media, authors Barry Sautman and Li Ying argue that these mainly grass-roots demonstrations comprised the most compelling acts of public diplomacy from below to date, and tied in with Beijing’s efforts to boost China’s soft power.

To read the full publication, click here.

CPD Perspectives is a periodic publication from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, and highlights scholarship intended to stimulate critical thinking about the study and practice of public diplomacy.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is engaged in other research on China's public diplomacy efforts. Some examples include:
 

• Reshaping Cultural Diplomacy in a New Era: Confucius Institutes & China's Soft-Power Strategy
   
• Nation Branding at Expo Shanghai 2010

  To attend a talk on January 26, 2012 by CPD University Fellow Professor Jian (Jay) Wang about his research on China's Confucius Institutes, please click here.