[wegfawefgawefg]

I grew up in a very international diverse environment, but I cant name a single popular movie, song, or other media that I knew is from China, other than the meme where John Cena is eating icecream. I suspect this is the same for over 95% of Americans.

What soft power are you referring to exactly?

[Dalewyn]

The soft power that had many (most?) young Americans screaming at the government for banning Tiktok.

The soft power that catapulted Genshin Impact to the top of sales rankings across the entire world.[1]

The soft power that led to China's incomprehensibly deep and wide spider web of financial influence.[2]

The soft power that has us wearing Chinese blue jeans, to use Civilization lingo.

If the west thinks this is a problem (and it probably is, at least I think it is) then we need to respond. Being in denial won't address anything.

[1]: https://sensortower.com/blog/genshin-impact-three-billion-re...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent#Foreign_studio_assets

[wegfawefgawefg]

Excluding cultural icons, as I understand the definition, these are not examples of soft power. These are just power.

Nobody here is denying china has an economic strength but that has nothing to do with soft power. Soft power has to do with cultural export, and china has none. Zero. Nothing.

I am not in denial. Nobody outside of china gives a rats ass about chinese music or movies, or chinese blue jeans. They just know about the great wall, and about how horrible the government is.. Everyone thinks genshin is japanese, and loves japanese denim.

And you cant just flag comments that you disagree with to make them dissapear. That might fly in china but thats not how civilized nations operate. The reason I accused you of being a wumao is because of the way you behave. Not because I am in denial. I am a native born american citizen. Never met anybody who knows a damn thing about chinese cultural exports. that is because there arent any.