Author profile: Caylan Ford

Caylan Ford holds an MA in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and is currently pursuing a MSt in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include human rights, dissent, and the rule of law in China. She has testified before the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China regarding China’s treatment of Falun Gong, and her writings have appeared in the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and the China Quarterly, among other publications.

When Soft Power Turns Hard: Miss World, Coercion and China’s Cultural Diplomacy

Caylan Ford • Mar 3 2016 • Articles

Soft power projects such as a beauty contest in Sanya, are rarely political at first, but politics finds ways to intrude into even the most innocuous of things.

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