Dude,
Did I ever say soft power was unimportant? But force-feeding it through official means does NOT work. (Do you ever see the US or UK do that?) But more importantly, does the official propaganda appeal to others, or even make sense?
I suppose they can always teach 石灰麵粉、問題疫苗、毒奶粉、頭髮醬油, etc. at the Confucius Institute ge. I'm sure it'll be quite popular as a chemistry course instead of a language/arts course, and it may also do well as a propaganda case study course for psychology and political science.
-Lik
p.s. Funny how you always question others, but never show the same courtesy to produce any meaningful input... |