1. See the chapter in this book by B. Hocking; and Jarol B. Manheim, Strategic Public Diplomacy and American Foreign Policy: The Evolution of Influence (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).
2. For a first step in the analysis of national images projected by The Beijing Review in the period 1958–2002 and the Government Work Reports in the period 1954–2000, see Hongying Wang, ‘National Image-Building and Chinese Foreign Policy’, China: An International Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 2003, pp. 46–72.
3. See, for example, Evelyn Goh, ‘A Chinese Lesson for the US: How to Charm South-East Asia’, The Straits Times, 31 October 2003; and
4. Jane Perlez, ‘The Charm from Beijing’, New York Times, 9 October 2003.
5. Joseph S. Nye, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (Cambridge MA: Perseus Publishing, 2004).