China on ` ` soft power '' offensive to improve image , and credibility . Control of media tightening before transition of power this year . Akin to Germany 's Goethe Institut or the British Council , hundreds of these Confucius Institutes have been established in leading universities and colleges around the world . China is now second the second biggest economy in the world .
China on ` ` soft power '' offensive to improve image , and credibility . Control of media tightening before transition of power this year . China is now second the second biggest economy in the world .