Taipei’s soft power at work: The picture of Taiwan in Polish dailies Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczpospolita Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Taiwan’s external relations are ‘exceptional.’ Due to the island’s contested international status and limited recognition, public diplomacy often provides Taipei with the only channel to conduct external affairs through the soft power resources it enables. Therefore, in order to assess the island’s foreign policies, it is crucial to understand its soft power capacity. This chapter analyses the challenges to the exercise of Taiwan’s soft power as ...