{"id":434154,"date":"2026-08-24T17:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19837_item&#038;p=434154"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:32:48","slug":"the-seminars-of-the-macao-forum-an-illustration-of-chinas-soft-power-diplomacy-towards-the-portuguese-speaking-countries","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19837_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/scholarly-work-usj\/the-seminars-of-the-macao-forum-an-illustration-of-chinas-soft-power-diplomacy-towards-the-portuguese-speaking-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SEMINARS OF THE MACAO FORUM: AN ILLUSTRATION OF CHINA\u2019S SOFT-POWER DIPLOMACY TOWARDS THE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE ROLE THAT THE MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR) PLAYS IN CHINA\u2019S CULTURAL AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE MACAO FORUM AND TAILORED FOR THE ELITE OF THE WORLD\u2019S PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES (PSCS). IT BEGINS WITH A REVIEW OF CHINA\u2019S APPROACH TO KEY INSTRUMENTS OF ITS SOFT-POWER OFFENSIVE AND STRATEGY TOWARDS THE DEVELOPING WORLD, FOLLOWED BY AN OVERVIEW OF BEIJING\u2019S LINKAGES WITH EACH PSC. FORMULATED AS AN EXPRESSION OF CHINA\u2019S CULTURAL DIPLOMACY TOWARDS THE PSCS, THE SEMINARS OF THE MACAO FORUM SERVE AS A KIND OF COOPERATION IN WHICH THE PROVIDER PARTY\u2014RATHER THAN DELIVERING TANGIBLE GOODS AND SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD, MONEY, LOANS OR INFRASTRUCTURE\u2014ACTUALLY OFFERS GREY MATTER IN THE FORM OF IDEAS FOR INITIATIVES IN PUBLIC POLICIES AND REFORMS, IN ORDER TO FOSTER FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE RATIONALISATION. ADDING TO AN INTENSE DEBATE AND SUBSTANTIAL LITERATURE THAT DISCUSS QUANTITATIVELY AND QUALITATIVELY CHINA\u2019S ROLE IN AND AID PROVISION TO AFRICA, THE AUTHORS ARGUE THAT CHINA, THROUGH THE MACAO FORUM\u2019S TRAINING PROGRAMMES, COURTS THE DEVELOPING PSCS BY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THEIR HUMAN CAPITAL, TARGETING IN PARTICULAR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS WHO ARE IN A POSITION TO IMPLEMENT THEIR IDEAS.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-434154","tnc_col_19837_item","type-tnc_col_19837_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-business-and-law","tnc_tax_19659-journal-article"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 1 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 5:24 \u4e0b\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 6:32 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19993":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19993","name":"SDGs"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/faculty-of-business-and-law\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19664":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19664","name":"SUBJECT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/journal-article\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436153,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434154\/revisions\/436153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}