The unmistakable lesson, it seems, is China treats meek leaders such as Duterte with contempt, but will strike mutually beneficial deals with the likes of Jokowi, who has consistently refused to be intimidated by Asia's superpower. -Fascinating comparison asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/How-Jo…
‘After five years of strategic servility, Duterte has little to show for his pivot to Beijing, not even the large volume of free COVID vaccines China promised to deliver by the end of 2020’- This is why I am convinced China will never ever emerge as a super power.
1) Decades of communism have robbed Chinese of all empathy and it is no longer possible for them to be large hearted. Their foreign policy is like their domestic policy - mean spirited, cruel and self centered. They don’t even treat their allies well.
2) No country can emerge as a super power without soft power combined with hard power. One without the other is useless. Mickey Mouse and Hollywood did as much for America as their nuclear arsenal and economic might did.
3) Chinese soft power isn’t real. All those Confucius institutes are spying locations and all the money donated to universities and think tanks in DC to buy talent are all seen with suspicion. China really has no soft power.
4) China will not replace United States even though America is bound to decline somewhat in next 50 years given the rise of extreme wokeism. Next few decades will belong to India. India will show the world how to balance freedom and equality.
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