"May one day lead the world — but it will never be loved"
泰晤士報亞洲編輯唔好咁得唔得？
今日《The Times》嘅國際版長文，係由亞洲編輯Richard Lloyd Parry主理，分析世界各國人民點解對中國嘅感覺咁差，簡單啲講可以用一個字形容：mean！
佢講到明觀感嘅嘢係好主觀嘅，而問題係個政府點解用咗咁多資源同努力都唔可以响國際上贏到更多朋友同支持者。
//This dislike is personal...But strategically it matters profoundly to a government that has expended effort and expense in an unsuccessful effort to win international friends and admirers.//
佢話咁多年黎中國唔係無文化產業值得國際欣賞，例如飲食文化或者熊貓，不過响唔同嘅軟實力領域上面唔只落後美國，更加未可以同隔離啲亞洲國家比較。
戰後嘅日本主導西方對亞洲嘅觀感，到今日仍然有汽車、時裝、建築、電影同小說呢啲軟實力，而後上嘅南韓唔只科技上有發展，K-Pop更加領導國際流行音樂，佢話仲未見到中國嘅Sony Walkman or Uniqlo或者BTS。
//This is not for lack of effort...But China’s efforts to influence have often backfired.//
（唔係無盡過力嘅，不過每次都係「回力鏢」。）
例如孔子學院近期嘅狀況，法國嘅成吉斯汗展覽因為要審查內容被單方面取消（配上內蒙嘅語文教育事件），之後到疫情後期嘅"wolf warrior"就可以話係令軟實力有粉碎嘅危機（soft power runs the risk of being shredded）。
#唔好咁mean得唔得
原文：
《The Times》
Xi Jinping’s China may one day lead the world — but it will never be loved
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/xi-jinpings-china-may-one-day-lead-the-world-but-it-will-never-be-loved-v9cnqjx6t
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