HOUSTON – (Oct. 29, 2020) – Experts from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine the role of "soft power" in U.S.-China diplomacy in the final webinar of its 2020 Election Series Nov. 2.
Two panelists from the Baker Institute's China Studies Program — Steven Lewis, the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow, and Aynne Kokas, a nonresident scholar — will discuss the shift in China's cultural influence strategy and how it impacts the nation's status as a world power. In recent years, China has found the American entertainment industry, professional sports associations and foreign media companies to be enthusiastic potential partners.
“The stereotypical Chinese foreign affairs official — faceless, formal and utterly predictable — is being replaced by the ‘wolf-warrior diplomat’ — colorful, idiosyncratic and aggressively controversial,” according to the Baker Institute.
What: Webinar, "'Wolf Warriors' and Hollywood: Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in a Time of Deteriorating U.S.-Chinese Relations," the final installment of the Baker Institute’s 2020 Election Series.
When: 3-4 p.m. CST Monday, Nov. 2.
Where: The webinar is open to everyone, but registration is required at https://www.bigmarker.com/bakerinstitute/Wolf-Warriors-and-Hollywoods-Public-Diplomacy-and-Soft-Power-in-a-Time-of-Deteriorating-US-Chinese-Relation.
The Baker Institute 2020 Election Series features institute fellows, scholars and guests discussing a range of critical domestic and foreign policy issues.
-30-
Related materials:
Follow the Baker Institute via Twitter @BakerInstitute, and join the conversation with #BakerChina.
Follow Rice News and Media Relations via Twitter @RiceUNews.