The Soft Power Practices of the Ming Dynasty and Zheng He’s First Voyage

Authors

Peter Weisser, CSUSB

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article will examine the soft power aspects of Zheng He’s life as well as the soft power efforts of the People’s Republic of China in the modern day, using Zheng He as an example to show the historical parallels between the two while examining the motivations of the PRC which is a search for legitimacy. This article will look into the parallels that exist between Zheng He and the soft power practiced in the fifteenth and twenty-first centuries within China. Furthermore, the perceptions and meanings of soft power in China may be different than that of other nations or other periods of time.

Recommended Citation

Weisser, Peter (2019) "The Soft Power Practices of the Ming Dynasty and Zheng He’s First Voyage," History in the Making: Vol. 12, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/history-in-the-making/vol12/iss1/9