China’s 60th Anniversary: Celebrating Beijing’s Peaceful Rise

• Main Authors: Wang, Di, Ron, Matthews
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82477; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40097
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China’s projected eight per cent growth for 2009 and its impressive military during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic will inevitably fuel Western concerns about its rise. Beijing’s challenge is to project its soft, rather than hard power.