Thursday, May 24, 2007

DAR AL HARB - CHINA: CHINA'S USE OF "SOFT POWER" & THEIR DEALS WITH BRUTAL DICTATORSHIPS

The hard facts on 'soft power'
by Axel Berkofsky

The success of China's foreign and trade policies is hard to argue with, especially as US belligerence continues to sap its own strength and global influence. But look beyond the rhetoric about China's "peaceful rise" and "non-interference" and one sees a familiar picture: a great power enriching itself (and the brutal dictatorships it deals with) with little regard for anyone else.

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The hard facts on 'soft power'

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