The concept of “sharp power” is nothing but another demonizing tool against China.

American paranoia at China’s so-called “sharp power” is at odds with China’s far more limited cultural influence globally compared to the US’.

China has invested billions of dollars to increase its soft power, but it has recently suffered a backlash in democratic countries. A new report by the National Endowment for Democracy argues that we need to re-think soft power, because “the conceptual vocabulary that has been used since the Cold War’s end no longer seems adequate to the contemporary situation.”