People wear traditional dress and hold colourful lanterns in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Sik Sik Yuen’s Lantern Carnival in Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, on September 10. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Opinion
Opinion
Classical Chinese literature is having a moment. Can it boost soft power?
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and director Chloe Zhao have made classical Chinese literature cool and shown that it can foster goodwill towards China
- Whether Beijing can capitalise on Chinese literature in its soft power push, though, remains open to question
People wear traditional dress and hold colourful lanterns in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Sik Sik Yuen’s Lantern Carnival in Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, on September 10. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
