Chinese Soft Power and Media Discussion and Updates

Wrought said:

Again, people admire success.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1981571436188995609

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SanWenYu said:

I was expecting the "But at what cost?" catch phrase! Perhaps the question, "At what cost can we keep making up shits on China?" slipped into their twisted minds for once?

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LONDON — Russians’ approval of China’s leadership has surged as Moscow has grown closer to Beijing since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In 2025, 69% of Russians approve of China’s leadership, nearly double the 36% recorded in 2019. It has remained high and steady since 2023.

By contrast, 14% of Russians approve of U.S. leadership, similar to the average level seen during Donald Trump’s first term (12%) and slightly higher than the single-digit approval seen during the last three years of Joe Biden’s presidency. The current 55-percentage-point approval gap between China and the U.S. marks a shift from the power dynamics over a decade ago, when the approval gap averaged eight points between 2009 and 2013.

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