China’s Soft Power Projection in Foreign Policy: A Qualitative Analysis of Wolf Warrior II

Abstract

China grows a notable rise in the Past few decades, due to its economic developments. The findings speak about China’s rise of its image towards its foreign policy through the construction of its identity course in the Film media. This article focuses on the representation of China’s soft image concerning foreign policy in Wolf Warrior II film; a Chinese blockbuster movie released in 2017. The study explored the foreign affair and economic development from the perspective of the global south. Moreover, the research also argues that Wolf Warrior II expresses the hegemonic foreign strategies discourse provoked through the international diplomacy of China. The study is theoretically linked with the Representation theory by Hall and discourse theory. By applying the qualitative descriptive analysis of the Film, the research identifies the foreign ties and nationalistic discourse with a patriotic approach. The results of the study indicated that the Wolf Warrior film has raised the soft image of China in terms of foreign policy which is show the cause of China's military power and their love towards their homeland. Meanwhile, the film leads the regional and global governance protocols nationalistically. China builds new international relations with the Global South represented by BRI.