charm offensive

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will be on a trade-focused charm offensive when he touches down in New Delhi Wednesday for a two-day visit.

Plastic comes from oil, but despite launching a charm offensive against BP, he never did make it out to an oil rig.

but until china embraces openness and pluralism at home , no charm offensive is ever going to set its neighbours ' minds completely at ease.

been happy to put them on the back-burner, favouring a charm offensive aimed at convincing neighbours that its rise poses no threat.

So far Mr Obama's charm offensive has produced plenty of warm words but few practical concessions.

Both companies have been on a charm offensive with investors, regulators and customers since BHP's interest in PotashCorp became public.

It is not hard to tell when China is on a charm offensive in an African country.

The Obama Administration's charm offensive hasn't been a complete failure.

The result of this regional wariness is that China is spending billions on a charm offensive to increase its soft power.

Last week, executives from CNOOC and Huawei were on a charm offensive on the U. S. West Coast.

Similarly, a poll taken in Asia after the Beijing Olympics found that China's charm offensive had been ineffective.

To offset all this, the industry needs a charm offensive.

The charm offensive may not be enough to quell the backlash.

Not with tanks or communist propaganda, but with cash and a charm offensive.

Another piece of the Sands's charm offensive was buying a basketball team.

Even his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, joined the charm offensive with an elegant performance, in English, on CNN.

The reason for the concerted charm offensive is clear: China has overtaken the US as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Another Arab heavyweight, Egypt, has also joined the charm offensive, sending its first high-level delegation to Iran in several years.

It can summon its reserves for one final charm offensive, one last-ditch attempt to convince the world it still deserves to live.

Against this backdrop, South Korea is the ideal testing ground to launch China's charm offensive.

Maj Gen Qian appears the perfect soldier to lead a charm offensive aimed at conquering such concerns.

George W. Bush launched a military offensive in the Middle East. Mr Obama is launching a charm offensive.

From Iran to Burma to Sudan, the Obama Administration's charm offensive has been undermined by China's cash offensive.

But that was resolved after a charm offensive by Radek Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, who was once a notable hawk on Russia.

It is in the fundamental principles, liaoning, La launched a series of charm offensive.

The new lot have thawed relations with Romania and launched a charm offensive in the West.

Expect Sir Paul to launch a charm offensive against the mayor.

Sotheby's charm offensive on sellers this year has yielded good results.

I don't think a charm offensive will work on these football writers or their editors.

One typical title: "Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World. "

A charm offensive by the telegenic KMT candidate, the former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou, has earned him an estimated 10-point lead.

Charm Offensive -- How China's Soft Power is Transforming the World?

Joshua Kurlantzick is the author of 'Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World.

If they are wrong, Mr Lee's charm offensive is in trouble.

But his real charm offensive was in Brazil.

She started to launch a charm offensive.

But they remain unpersuaded by Mr Bush's charm offensive.

The renewed tensions come after a Chinese diplomatic charm offensive apparently aimed at undoing the damage from last year's row.