A comparative study on Japanese and Chinese soft power in the form of ODA projects, specifically the LRT and NLR in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Chua, Natasha Camille D., Obillos, Ina Carmela O., Rivero, Felice Fatima G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: China > Foreign economic relations > Japan; Japan > Foreign economic relations > China; Japan > Official Development Assistance; Economic assistance, Japanese; International and Area Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11432
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Asian region is dominated by two economic powers, namely China and Japan. Their influence and power has become very widespread due to their use of soft power, a concept coined by Joseph Nye. With soft power, these two countries use their culture, values, policies and actions to make their countr...