memo 2

Watch the documentary “Interference: China’s covert political influence campaign

in Australia” produced by the Australian ABC News. To what extent can the Chinese

campaign of trying to influence Australian domestic opinion speak to its soft power?

How has this case revealed the “dark side”, so to speak, of soft power? In answering

these two questions, you must use the analytical structure of the three sources of soft

power: i.e., political values, legitimacy of foreign policy, and culture.

The video can be accessed here:

https://youtu.be/7T_Lu1S0sII

ASEM – Soft Power in International Relations

Memo TWO

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1. Font size 12, font set as Times New Roman.

2. Approximately 3 pages, double-spaced. Paper shorter than 2 pages will NOT

be accepted.

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his book. If you cite and quote from the lecture notes, simple mark “lecture

notes.”