Taiwan’s soft power surge

Minglei Wang; Jeffrey Gil; Nicholas Godfrey

doi:10.59425/eabc.1710496800

Taiwan’s soft power surge

Minglei Wang, Jeffrey Gil, Nicholas Godfrey

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Abstract

Taiwan needs to build soft power to overcome its international challenges. Emphasising democratic values through Mandarin language teaching is an effective way to achieve this. Initiatives like Taiwan Centers for Mandarin Learning (TCMLs) promote Taiwanese culture but so far lack explicit inclusion of democratic values in their materials and activities. This misses an opportunity to differentiate Taiwan from the People’s Republic of China and leverage its unique democratic soft power.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	East Asia Forum
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.59425/eabc.1710496800
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2024

Keywords

Taiwan
Taiwan Centre for Mandarin Learning (TCML)
Chinese language
language policy and planning

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