China’s Religious Charm Offensive: the Case of Malaysia

Written by Ngeow Chow Bing. Ever since Chinese officials and academia embraced the concept of “soft power” in the early 2000s, there has been a constant search for methods and tools to increase the “likeability” of China to foreigners, such as the establishment of Confucius Institutes in more than 140 countries (as of December 2016), …