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Article: Beijing's Big Push; As anti-Americanism grows, China is learning the value of good PR and beating the United States at its own game.(public relations)
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- Newsweek International
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- April 9, 2007
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Byline: Joshua Kurlantzick (Kurlantzick is a visiting scholar at the China Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This essay is adapted from his forthcoming book, "Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World.")
Last week Chinese president Hu Jintao arrived in Russia for a three-day visit. Remarkable as the trip itself--not long ago, Chinese leaders rarely left home--was the way Hu was feted by this former enemy. Russia has declared 2007 the "Year of China," and plans to hold hundreds of China-related business, educational and sports events in the upcoming months. Hu and Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over the ...