Is China’s soft power rising, or is America’s just crumbling?

Soft power is notoriously hard to quantify, but it’s difficult to argue that global soft power has been shifting steadily toward East Asia in recent decades. A few years ago, I wrote a post about how South Korea became a cultural superpower on purpose, while Japan became one by accident. The big question then was: […] The post Is China’s soft power rising, or is America’s just crumbling? appeared first on Asia Times.