The staged version of
Tan Dun's monumental six-part Buddha Passion was performed at Budapest's Müpa Budapest on 14 April as part of the Bartók Spring Festival. The world-famous Chinese composer - who has won numerous awards, including Grammy and Oscar prizes, for his film score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is also popular in Hungary - also spoke to Eurasia about finding harmony between East and West and between tradition and modernity.
Soft power shows the extent to which a country can influence others by persuasion and attraction. In Brand Finance's global ranking, Asian countries performed particularly well. China jumped to third place with a more positive perception of its economy and knowledge-based sectors, while the Gulf Arab oil powers and Turkey made the biggest strides in building a conscious country image - according to the experts of the
Makronóm Institute.
South Korea can keep and promote cooperative relations with China while maintaining alliance relationship with the US,
Kim Sung-han, professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University and former national security advisor of President Yoon Suk Yeol highlighted in an interview with Eurasia.
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