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by throwaway4good 1833 days ago
Something like that.

The only way we in the west can change China is via friendly trade and cultural exchange.

The west stills holds enourmous soft power but that power is nullified, if we are perceived as an enemy.

The chance to do things by force (military, through sanctions, by economic means) is gone, if it was ever there.