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Joseph Nye, a USA foreign affairs expert, argues that it is as dangerous to understate China's power as it is to overestimate it.Summary
Joseph Nye, who developed the concept of soft power, in this ASPI Strategist article, notes that:
- China is not the world's largest economy.
- The US is in a much more favourable geostrategic position than China.
- The US is also self-sufficient in oil.
- The US dollar is the world's reserve currency.
- Nye notes a quote by Lee Kuan Yew:
- 'America can draw upon and recombine the world's talents in ways that simply are not possible under China'sChina's ethnic Han nationalism.'
Note Nye's original article appeared in: Peak China? by Joseph S. Nye, Jr. - Project Syndicate (project-syndicate.org)
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