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● Brookings at 1-22-2018 commented that Increasing “soft power” is a low-cost, high-return strategy for Taiwan. ● Dr. Joseph Nye said hard & soft power enables Taiwan to deal with China and expand its international space. (Dec. 8, 2010) |
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● Taiwanese government's strategy : Taipei must increase its "soft power" if it is to stand on the international stage. (BBC, Oct. 2010) | |
However, How is Taiwan's "Soft Power" and "hard power" in today ?? Taiwan's culture & creativity, and politics (human rights) are not really good... | |
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UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage
/ https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists
ranks
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Taiwan's
soft power
vs.
Asia's soft power
Till 2020,
Taiwan has not been included in
Portland or USC Soft Power survey ranking list,
so Taiwan's soft power is behind Asian's "world top 20" nations
, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand,
China, India, UAE.
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Soft
Power
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According to a survey of 2020,
Singapore ranks No.1, Japan No.7, Korea
No. 9 on "enterprise", Japan ranks
No. 5, China No.10 on "engagement",
Korea ranks No. 5 on "digital", Japan
ranks No.6, China No. 8 on "culture", No
any Asian country ranks top 10 on
"education" and "govt."
Taiwan's
travel & tourism
-
10th
in Asia
World Economic Forum (WEF) <Travel
and tourism competitiveness report> released at 9-4-2019 shows
Taiwan had the sub-region's largest
decline in competitiveness from 30th
down to 37th.
Taiwan ranks
No.10 among Asian countries.
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tourism
For
full details :
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TTCR_2019.pdf
According to
World Economic Forum (WEF) <Travel
and tourism competitiveness report>
(released at 4-6-2017),
Taiwan's
most important indexes for
promoting tourism, like "Attractiveness
of Natural Assets" (parks, beaches,
mountains, wildlife, etc) ranks
world
No.87, "Natural Resources" ranks
No.55, "Environmental Sustainability" ranks No.75 (No.69
in 2015), "Price Competitiveness"
ranks
No. 46, "Hotel Price Index" ranks No.
89 (82 in 2015), Taiwan got "n/a" on China's world top 5 indexes such as
"World
heritage natural sites" as well as
"World heritage cultural sites".
Michelin Stars (2020) comparison among Asian
cities number of starred restaurants number of 3-stars restaurants number of 2 stars 1 star |