China's Soft Power Is A Threat To The West -- Spiegel OnlineChina may have no intentions of using its growing military might, but that is of little comfort for Western countries. From the World Trade Organization to the United Nations, Beijing is happy to use its soft power to get what it wants -- and it is wrong-footing the West at every turn.
Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen once told me, half with amusement and half with resignation, that military people around the world are all more or less the same. "They can only be happy when they have the most up-to-date toys," he said.
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My Comment: The Chinese are doing exactly what the Europeans were doing when they were expanding their "economic empires" overseas in the 17th/18th/19th centuries .... minus an overt military presence.
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