ABSTRACT: Both Rabtiah al-'Alam al-Islami and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are the products of institutionalization of Pan-Islamism. While Rabtiah al-'Alam al-Islami exercises its main influence upon the politics in Islamic countries through the platform of pilgrimage indirectly, and OIC exercises its influence upon the politics in Islamic countries through agenda setting directly. China always takes developing friendly relations with these Pan-Islamic International Organizations seriously. China’s effort has been paid off in terms of its effectiveness and lessons learned. China should be clear about its resource advantages, fundamental objectives, and ways of implementation for developing cultural exchange and cooperation between China and Pan-Islamic International Organizations. Based on these, the exploration of measures for developing China’s “omni-directional, multi-level and wide-ranging” cultural diplomacy toward the Middle East countries should aim to further enhance China’s cultural diplomacy capacity toward Islamic countries in the Middle East.
Source: Journal of Sino-Western Communications, Volume 4, Issue 2 (December, 2012)