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Abstract: In Search of Admiration and Respect examines the institutionalization of Chinese cultural diplomacy in the period between high imperialism and the international ascendance of the People's Republic of China. During these years, Chinese intellectuals and officials tried to promote the idea of China's cultural refinement in an effort to combat negative perceptions of the nation. Yanqiu Zheng argues that, unlike similar projects by more established powers, Chinese cultural diplomacy in this era was not carried out solely by a functional government agency; rather, limited resources forced an uneasy collaboration between the New York-based China Institute and the Chinese Nationalist government. In Search of Admiration and Respect uses the Chinese case to underscore what Zheng calls "infrastructure of persuasion," in which American philanthropy, museums, exhibitions, and show business had disproportionate power in setting the agenda of unequal intercultural encounters. This volume also provides historical insights into China's ongoing quest for international recognition. Drawing upon diverse archival sources, Zheng expands the contours of cultural diplomacy beyond established powers and sheds light on the limited agency of peripheral nations in their self-representation,

Author/Creator:

Zheng, Yanqiu , author

Contributors:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
Chinese

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Chinese

Main Work:

In search of admiration and respect: Chinese cultural diplomacy in the United States, 1875-1974 [by Zheng, Y.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: In search of admiration and respect [by Zheng, Y.] (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024 — ISBN 9780472076802; LCCN 2024016825)

Related Series:

China understandings today

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Subjects:

Cultural diplomacy — China — History — 19th century

Cultural diplomacy — China — History — 20th century

China — Relations — United States

United States — Relations — China

Cultural diplomacy — China — 19th century

Cultural diplomacy — China — 20th century

1800-1999

Relations

Cultural diplomacy

United States

China

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Glossary in English and Chinese (pages 205-209).
Includes bibliographical references (page 211-236) and index.
Sponsored by The Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DS775.8 .Z446 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780472904471 (ebook other)
0472904477
9780472076802 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9780472056804 (paperback) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.3998/mpub.12739543

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024016826

OCLC Numbers:

1429598491