| ▲ | lacewing 2 hours ago | |
Not being a single-party, notionally communist dictatorship may be helping with the image too? I don't know, spitballing here. I think the default approach in the West - and that's not a US-specific thing - is to treat exotic faraway lands with a mix of curiosity and awe. But China is a geopolitical rival with a political system that rightly makes many Westerners queasy, so it doesn't benefit from that anymore. | ||
| ▲ | kibwen 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> Not being a single-party, notionally communist dictatorship may be helping with the image too? I don't know, spitballing here. No, everyday people are perfectly content to warm to brutal dictatorships who successfully put on a friendly face. Case in point: Dubai. | ||