Ni hao: Chinese soft power

Otiato Opali
February 27, 2023
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In politics, and particularly in international politics, soft power is the ability to co-opt rather than coerce. In other words, soft power involves shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction ~ US Political Scientist, Joseph Samuel Nye Jr.

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Shifu or Master Tony leads his Chinese Kungfu students in displaying Chinese martial arts.

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Students with stickers of the Chinese flag on their faces read out a poem to Chinese Embassy officials who had visited them with food donations.

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Kenyans are taken through the paces of writing Chinese characters.

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Guests at the Chinese New Year celebrations at the University of Nairobi try their hand at Tou Hu, a Chinese pot throwing game.

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A Chinese artist plays the Hulusi, a reed wind instrument from China as students at a school in Mathare slum listen.

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