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The limits of China’s soft power in Europe: Beijing’s public diplomacy puzzle
January 18, 2010. A new issue of the Clingendael Diplomacy Paper series, by Clingendael Research Fellow Ingrid d’Hooghe, analyses the rapid decline of China’s high favourability rating in Europe after 2006, indicating that China’s soft power in Europe has reached its limits. D’Hooghe looks at the projection of China’s soft power towards three European countries - France, Germany and Great Britain – and discusses obstacles to the projection of soft power in Europe at both the sender’s (China) and the receiver’s (Europe) side. The paper is published by the Clingendael Diplomatic Studies Programme and Clingendael Asia Studies. Read more »