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AŠTRIOJI GALIA, KAIP TECHNOLOGINIS FENOMENAS KINIJOS POLITINĖSE PROJEKCIJOSE
Volume 88, Issue 1 (2022), pp. 121–133
Mantas Macikas  

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https://doi.org/10.15181/tbb.v88i1.2414
Pub. online: 30 June 2022      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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30 June 2022

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This article presents the concept of China’s sharp power, and features of its formation that support it. The article deals with theoretical interpretations of soft power that are inseparable from the properties of sharp power. Soft power has been a very influential concept in recent decades to describe a country’s ability to influence others by cooperating, persuading and promoting a positive attitude in other states to achieve the desired results. Nevertheless, the concept of power has changed dramatically in recent years, due to shifts in the international system, and no longer fits definitions of the relationship between authoritarian and democratic systems. It is necessary to introduce a new concept of power, in order to expose the new world order posed by China as an emerging normative power. Authoritarian methods of influence can no longer, in principle, be described as soft power. There is a need to introduce a new term for power in academic discourse, in order to conceptualise the influence of authoritarian states on democracies. The article highlights the problem that sharp power can restrict freedom of expression and distort the political environment, by taking advantage of asymmetric levels of freedom between democratic and authoritarian systems. Having identified and clarified the terminological framework, the article presents three components of China’s sharp power, which allows for empirical research into its mechanisms for spreading influence, expanding the country’s interests abroad, and damaging democratic systems.

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sharp power soft power communication China CCP foreign policy

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