1.0China Media Projecthttps://chinamediaproject.orgStella Chenhttps://chinamediaproject.org/author/stella-chen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="v9ynGp6K1I"><a href="https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/03/31/putting-the-soft-back-in-soft-power/">Putting the Soft Back in Soft Power</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/03/31/putting-the-soft-back-in-soft-power/embed/#?secret=v9ynGp6K1I" width="600" height="338" title="“Putting the Soft Back in Soft Power” — China Media Project" data-secret="v9ynGp6K1I" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://chinamediaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CMP-going-global-LI-ZIQI.jpg1200799In a recent paper for a Chinese journal on international communication, two scholars suggest the surefire way to tell China’s story well is to give young Chinese internet users more freedom to be creative online and influential internationally. But is the Chinese leadership capable of loosening up when it comes to the country’s messaging overseas?