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Soft Power

Reflections on the face-off between China and the US

July 31, 2026 by Yanzhong Huang
Xi | Trump | Face-Off

Beijing is now viewed more favorably than Washington in most nations surveyed in a major report

Categories Analysis Tags Beijing, Council on Foreign Relations, Pew Research Center, Soft Power, Splash, Washington Leave a comment

How toxic Trump helped Xi’s China become ‘cool’

May 6, 2026May 5, 2026 by China Factor Staff
Toxic | Trump | MAGA

MAGA-infested America is losing its pull to the biggest authoritarian state on the planet

Categories Talking Point Tags Forever Purges, News, President Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping, Soft Power Leave a comment

Crude crisis could help China burnish green image

March 30, 2026March 13, 2026 by Chee Meng Tan

But Beijing will need to ‘rely less on coercion and more on soft power’ amid global oil turmoil

Categories Commentary Tags Beijing, Energy Crisis, Green Technology, Iran War, News, Soft Power, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

China’s mega-projects trigger an African backlash

June 24, 2021June 23, 2021 by The Conversation

Protests are an interesting way to explore how African citizens are responding to Chinese investment

Categories Analysis Tags Africa, China, China-Africa Development Fund, Civil Protests, Politics, Soft Power, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

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