华侨华人与中国软实力：作用、机制与政策思路

近年来,国内外诸多学者对中国软实力问题进行了探讨,但至今未见有从华侨华人和侨务工作视角系统探讨中国国家软实力的研究成果。论文着重探讨了华侨华人在中国软实力构建和发展过程中的具体作用、影响机制及面临的挑战。认为其作用主要体现在中华文化的传播、开展民间外交、中国国情和发展模式的宣传介绍以及对中国国家政策和行为的理解、支持和解释等方面,而机制在于通过华侨华人的个人行为和方式、海外华人传媒、华文教育以及华侨华人社团等发挥作用。同时,也要注意到华侨与华人的不同身份对中国软实力的作用和影响。对于如何在新时期开展侨务工作,笔者提出了一些思考和建议。

Chinese Overseas and China's Soft Power: Roles,Mechanism and Policy Recommendations

A spate of studies on China＇s soft power have been published over the past decade. Nevertheless,none of them has ever systematically addressed this topic from the perspective of Overseas Chinese affairs or related it to Chinese Overseas. This article examines the roles played,the influence mechanism created,as well as the challenges faced by the Chinese Overseas in the formation and development of China＇s soft power. A number of unique roles played by the Chinese Overseas are listed in the article,such as the dissemination of Chinese culture,conducting people-to-people diplomacy,propagating current situation and development in China,understanding,supporting and explaining China＇s policies and diplomatic actions. As for the influence mechanism,the authors believe that it is concerned with individual behavior or personal relations of Chinese Overseas,and the role played by ethnic Chinese media,Chinese education overseas and Chinese voluntary associations. The authors argue that different identities of Chinese Overseas may have different impacts on China＇s soft power. In the conclusion,the authors proposed a number of policy recommendations in order to better deal with current Overseas Chinese affairs.