In 1993, American political scientist Samuel Huntington proposed a theory that people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world.
More than 30 years after Huntington’s article expounding the theory, The Clash of Civilizations?, was published in Foreign Affairs journal, Wang Yiwei, a professor of diplomacy at Renmin University of China (RUC), has shared his belief that, through China’s consistent efforts, there will be a “clicking” rather than a “clashing” between civilizations.
Wang made the statement in his new book on China’s public diplomacy practices, titled China’s Approach. The book was launched in Beijing on March 19.
