Jeffrey Gil. (2017) Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning: The Confucius Institute Project

Lake, Shelby J.

doi:10.1075/jlp.18041.lak

Review published In: Journal of Language and Politics
Vol. 17:6 (2018) ► pp.907–910

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Book review

Jeffrey Gil. (2017) Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning: The Confucius Institute Project

Reviewed by

Shelby J. Lake | Georgetown University

Published online: 14 December 2018

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.18041.lak

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