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"Während seines Kasachstanbesuchs im September 2013 schlug Chinas Präsident Xi Jinping das strategische Konzept des 'Ökonomischen Gürtels Seidenstaße' vor. Auf dem APEC Economic Leaders Meeting im Oktober 2013 betonte er das chinesische Interesse an der Einrichtung einer 'Maritimen Seidenstraße des 21. Jahrhunderts". Der zu den führenden außerpolitischen Experten Chinas zählende Autor erläutert das auf beiden Routen beruhende Konzept 'One Belt, One Road'." (Autorenreferat)

"一带一路"伟大倡议,尤其是21世纪海上丝绸之路,为中欧海洋合作开启了伟大历史机遇。中欧在海洋观、海洋政策和维护海上安全等方面具有广泛的共通性、共同性与共同利益,海洋合作完全可以成为中欧合作的新亮点。中欧将各自海洋发展战略对接,共同致力于维护海上通道安全,将"中欧合作2020战略规划"予以落实;条件成熟时可共同创立"海上合作组织",致力海上秩序的共同维护,打造亚非欧合作的新版本。双边与多边协调推进,政策与理念相得益彰,有效管控分歧,成为中欧海上丝路合作的可行途径。 The new Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (OBOR) is a historic opportunity for further Sino-EU maritime cooperation, as both sides have much to share and more to build in terms of vision, policies, and security, making it possible for a new line in the already-thriving exchanges across the continent. The two sides will carry on the China-EU 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation with fusion of maritime strategies and joint efforts for safer sea passage, and may proceed to a Maritime Cooperative Organization (MCO) when needed to build not only a participative maritime order, but also next-gen cooperation between Asia, Africa, and Europe. Yet this still needs a well-assorted toolset of bi- and multilateral cooperation backed by strong policy and theory, to boost consensus and action by management of differences.

Summary
Chinese public diplomacy — considered to be the continuation of its internal affairs — is booming unlike anywhere else in the world. Yet its rise is being hampered by several domestic constraints that are identity-related, institutional, societal and cultural in nature. This contribution aims to shed light on the domestic dilemmas that could hamper the rise of Chinese public diplomacy. It first explains what Chinese public diplomacy entails and the initiatives that have been undertaken by the Chinese government in this field. It then focuses on the different kinds of domestic pressures that are challenging the rise of Chinese public diplomacy, and briefly touches upon the case study of Chinese public diplomacy towards Europe, while suggesting paths to overcome these challenges. The author suggests that in order for Chinese public diplomacy to reach its full potential, China needs to overcome its domestic constraints, and to this end, the Chinese government needs to stimulate the collaboration of Chinese domestic non-state actors with international civil society around shared values.

In recent years, China has sought to supplement its traditional use of hard power with soft power, and thus the Chinese government has paid more and more attention to public diplomacy. Chinese governments have previously demonstrated a limited understanding of public diplomacy, seeing it either as external propaganda or a form of internal public affairs, but this has not prevented China from becoming a skilled public diplomacy player. Key aspects of traditional Chinese culture and politics have presented major obstacles for Chinese public diplomacy. In comparison to the United States, China needs an enduring and effective public diplomacy strategy and needs to improve its skills to make full use of the modern media. The peaceful rise/peaceful development policy in Chinese grand strategy has sought to integrate Chinese hard power and soft power to create a soft rise for China.

In recent years, China has sought to supplement its traditional use of hard power with soft power, and thus the Chinese government has paid more and more attention to public diplomacy. Chinese governments have previously demonstrated a limited understanding of public diplomacy, seeing it either as external propaganda or a form of internal public affairs, but this has not prevented China from becoming a skilled public diplomacy player. Key aspects of traditional Chinese culture and politics have presented major obstacles for Chinese public diplomacy. In comparison to the United States, China needs an enduring and effective public diplomacy strategy and needs to improve its skills to make full use of the modern media. The peaceful rise/peaceful development policy in Chinese grand strategy has sought to integrate Chinese hard power and soft power to create a soft rise for China. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2008 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]