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As a Tool of Power Games: The Implicit Function of Protocol and Etiquette

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This paper introduces the three basic functions of P&E and analyzes its another implicit function of being a tool for power games.

Translated by Haoran Zhang and Qi Cui.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Busk (1967), p. 23.

  2. 2.

    Anderson (2014a), p. 15.

  3. 3.

    Yang (1992), p. 24.

  4. 4.

    Nicholson (1969), pp. 98–99.

  5. 5.

    McCaffree and Innis (1985), p. xii.

  6. 6.

    Lu (2004), p. 250.

  7. 7.

    Nicolson (1946), pp. 164–165.

  8. 8.

    Satow (1994), p. 25.

  9. 9.

    Anderson (2014b), p. 18.

  10. 10.

    Lu (2006), p. 41.

  11. 11.

    Huang Dongfa, “Zhou Enlai at Diplomatic Protocol Events,” Knowledge, No. 4, 1003, p. 28.

  12. 12.

    Lv (2009), p. 53.

  13. 13.

    Zhou and Yang (1990a), pp. 353–354.

  14. 14.

    Li (2008), p. 161.

  15. 15.

    Medvedev (1982), p. 134.

  16. 16.

    Nicolson (1954), pp. 1–93.

  17. 17.

    Zhou and Yang (1990b), p. 337.

  18. 18.

    Iucu and Marinescu (2008), p. 16.

  19. 19.

    Beaulac (1953), p. 32.

  20. 20.

    Satow (1962a), p. 12.

  21. 21.

    Beaulac (1953), p. 32.

  22. 22.

    Cohen (1987), p. 142.

  23. 23.

    Zhou and Yang (1990), p. 337.

  24. 24.

    Morgenthau and Thompson (1985a).

  25. 25.

    Miller and Bogdano (1992), pp. 594–595.

  26. 26.

    Morgenthau (1993), pp. 109–110.

  27. 27.

    Lu (2000), p. 42.

  28. 28.

    Rees and Xiao (2013), p. 26.

  29. 29.

    Emanuel Adler, “Seizing the Middle Ground: Constructivism in World Politics,” pp. 324–325; Wendt (1999); Griddens (1984).

  30. 30.

    Qin (2009), p. 85.

  31. 31.

    De Coppet (1992), p. 98.

  32. 32.

    Wu (2007), p. 102.

  33. 33.

    Hevia (1995a), p. 21.

  34. 34.

    Hevia (1995b), p. 28.

  35. 35.

    Satow (1962b), p. 53.

  36. 36.

    Berridge et al. (2001), p. 157.

  37. 37.

    Lu and Huang (2004), p. 249.

  38. 38.

    Morgenthau and Thompson (1985b), p. 89.

  39. 39.

    Viola (2007), pp. 1–20.

  40. 40.

    China News (2017).

  41. 41.

    China News (2016).

  42. 42.

    China News (2013).

  43. 43.

    Kezer (1989), p. 105.

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Zhou, J. (2022). As a Tool of Power Games: The Implicit Function of Protocol and Etiquette. In: Zhou, J., Zhang, G. (eds) A Study of Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0687-9_5

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