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Author Archives: Joe Alvaro

Joe Alvaro has worked at various academic institutions in the greater China area for nearly 20 years, including six years at City University of Hong Kong. His published research focuses on the critical analysis of China's political discourse as it appears in the state-run English press. He holds a PhD in discourse studies and is currently a faculty member at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.

Better to be loved or feared? As soft power fails, China turns to sharper measures

by Joe Alvaro13:00, 3 March 201821:52, 31 March 2020

We have all heard of “soft power”. Joseph Nye, Harvard professor, coined the term in the late 1980s to describe influence through the appeal of culture. Based on voluntary attraction, soft power is the ability to “persuade others to do what it wants without force or coercion”. The national culture, benign foreign policies, and political […]

Human rights and Chinese culture: The nation has stood up; the individual, so far, has not

by Joe Alvaro13:00, 10 September 201721:30, 31 March 2020

Death of Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is a reminder that the road to democracy is a long one

by Joe Alvaro14:44, 14 July 201721:24, 31 March 2020

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