TY - BOOK AU - WANG Hongying AU - LU Yeh-Chung TI - The conception of soft power and its policy implications: a comparative study of China and Taiwan PY - 2008/// KW - CHINA KW - SOFT POWER KW - TAIWAN N2 - The idea of Soft Power created by Joseph Nye has become popular in both China and Taiwan. This article considers why soft power has become so important, how both countries have interpreted the idea and how they differ from Nye's original conception. Identifies limitations of the soft power concept ER -