China's charm offensive

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How Does China’s 12th Five-Year Plan Address Energy and the Environment?

http://www.wri.org/stories/2011/03/how-does-chinas-12th-five-year-plan-address-energy-and-environment Photo credit: flickr/Remko Tanis This piece originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org
Any country's grand strategy must answer at least three questions: What are the nation's core interests? What external forces threaten them? And what can the national leadership do to safeguard them? http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67470/wang-jisi/chinas-search-for-a-grand-strategy?page=show

China's Search for a Grand Strategy

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2006/09/01/china%2Ds%2Dcharm%2Doffensive%2Din%2Dsoutheast%2Dasia/979

China's Charm Offensive in Southeast Asia

In November 2000, Jiang Zemin made his first visit to Cambodia.
Publication: China Brief Volume: 10 Issue: 9 April 29, 2010 05:43 PM Age: 3 yrs

China’s “Charm Offensive” Loses Momentum in Southeast Asia [Part I]

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=36324&cHash=a1ed367e80
In a short period of time, Beijing has proven that it can shift its foreign policy quickly and woo the world, often focusing on countries America has alienated. http://www.fpif.org/articles/responding_to_chinas_charm_offensive

Responding to China s Charm Offensive

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/89950.html Meaning

Charm offensive

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-repression-undoes-its-charm-offensive/2011/03/24/AFdlxRYB_story.html I was asked to lecture at Beijing University on soft power, the ability to use attraction and persuasion to get what you want without force or payment.

China’s repression undoes its charm offensive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency#cite_note-9 Xinhua head office The Xinhua News Agency ( / ˈ ʃ iː n hw ɑː / ; [ 1 ] ) is the official press agency of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in China. It is the largest news agency in China, ahead of the China News Service .

Xinhua News Agency

To anyone familiar with China, the word "Xinhua" is synonymous with official propaganda. For decades, it was through Xinhua News Agency, the official Communist news service, that the world heard about the crimes of those running dogs of capitalism. While Xinhua still clings to the official party line, one offshoot of the agency now wants to be taken seriously by the world's capitalists. The Xinhua Financial Network, founded three years ago, aspires to be the Bloomberg or Dow Jones of China. Today, XFN offers credit ratings, stock indexes and analysis, financial news, and more. The need for such a service grows more pressing daily.

Reuters--and Xinhua?