Confronting China's charm offensive in East Asia: A simple case of fighting fire with fire?

• Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: United States > Foreign relations > East Asia; East Asia > Foreign relations > United States; United States > Foreign relations > China; China > Foreign relations > United States; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2607
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines the United States' response to China's charm offensive in East Asia, particularly the latter's use of soft-power diplomacy to erode Washington's strategic preponderance and its ability to respond to a crisis in the Taiwan Strait and other hot spots in the re...