Live example of soft power gain from flexing hard power:
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EV's isn't where China will get soft power everywhere. Tesla is a very, very competitive company in the EV market, and even more so in North America with their longer distance cars, just like how Chinese
EV's don't do well in Russia due to the size of Russia (only 0.5% of the cars are EV in Russia), petrol vehicles will always do better at longer distances than EV's and even more so in Canada, Russia, and America where we both have loads of oil to spare. The reason EV's in Europe and Asia punch is the combination of higher fuel prices and shorter driving distances. China should export petrol cars to North America like they do in Russia to get soft power here.
