China's Application of Soft Power in Foreign Policy toward Central Asia

This paper examines China’s goals and interests in the Central Asian region and its applying methods of power elements in pursuing them. The article firstly explores the theoretical discourses of power in the international relations literature especially realism and neo-realism and then explains the concept of soft power and its elements. In pursuing national interest of China in different regions of the world especially in Central Asia, the main method at the hands of Beijing statesmen is the application of soft power, the author maintains.