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ssh-2366	Pan, Pan	The Chinese State and Soft Power	2022	10	.pdf	application/pdf	6354	323	57	When it comes to China and power, much of the spotlight is put on “hard power” in the form of rapid state-driven BCP Social Sciences & Humanities ERSS 2022 Volume 20 (2022) 508 expansions in the military and industry; and while this is a worthwhile topic in it of itself, there needs to be a deeper discussion of Chinese soft power: How is the state involved and what are the successes and shortcomings of this soft power? Many scholars have referred to this “irregularity” as “Soft Power with Chinese Characteristics”, in that Chinese soft power can at times be non-mutual, overly ambitious, authoritative, and resemble that of hard power (Edney 2020).	cache/ssh-2366.pdf	txt/ssh-2366.txt