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The soft power only works on those that haven’t been exposed to it long enough. If you’ve dealt with China for a while, you know the real deal.

Want to give which geographical region you're from so I can put it down as an anecdotal datapoint?

Lived in China. Also lots of African friends who don’t appreciate how the Chinese do business in their country.

How do they do business?

Are those Chinese representing private companies, or state companies?

Care to give yours?

Canada, currently working in the States.