Fifteenth Global Studies Conference

Abstract

The purpose of my research project is to examine the effectiveness of Taiwan’s and China’s public diplomacy strategies as conflict resolution from 2000 to 2020 and to advise on Taiwan’s diplomatic policy. First, I investigate East Asia’s historical background of conflict formation and the developmental context of conflict resolution. Second, I compare Taiwan’s and China’s context of soft power as well as public diplomacy strategies, which determines how a great power and a small power can maintain peace in East Asia. Lastly, I examine selected mainstream media reports in the last two decades to analyze the national identity image of Taiwan and China; and I conducted several qualitative interviews with emerging Taiwanese diplomatic practitioners to prove the effectiveness of public diplomacy strategies. To sum up, I argue that, in East Asia, public diplomacy has gradually become a conflict resolution and should be involved in diplomatic policy.