Junru Wu
Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
*Corresponding author: Junru Wu
Abstract
After the ‘Reforming and opening up’ implemented by Deng Xiaoping, China has experienced the dramatic changes in the past forty years. While its comprehensive national power is increasing, China is trying to enhance the international image in order to gain the initiative in international affairs. The rise of the national power raises a solid foundation for China to take part in the international affairs actively. This article argues that the rapid economic development of China is the main factor that attracts the attention of the world. Notably, China’s infrastructure development and outbound investment have become key links in the growth of the national power. However, by analyzing the reasons for the deteriorating relations between China and the core western countries of the world. This article investigates that there exist many problems with China’s soft power output. One of the critical issues is that wolf warrior diplomacy causes savage foreign propaganda. Moreover, this article implies that the peaceful rise of China is predictable in the future, due to the inseparable relationship between China and the rest of the world at the economic level under the globalization system.
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How to cite this paper
What Makes the Rise of China's Comprehensive National Power Possible?
How to cite this paper: Junru Wu. (2022) What Makes the Rise of China's Comprehensive National Power Possible? Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 6(1), 62-66.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2022.01.006