{"id":114469,"date":"2021-06-24T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114469"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:54:06","slug":"why-does-china-consistently-beat-india-on-soft-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-does-china-consistently-beat-india-on-soft-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does China consistently beat India on soft power?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Synopsis<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: China\u2019s has advantage over India in terms of hard power (economic power + military power) as well as soft power<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is soft power?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Soft power, a tool of foreign policy,\u00a0is a mix of cultural, policy and political influences based on power of attraction. It is the ability to persuade others in a peaceful means.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"97\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The word soft power was coined by Joseph Nye, the political scientist.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"98\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Soft power is the ability to persuade others in a peaceful means.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"99\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Soft-power theorists suggest that the ability to persuade rests on the power of attraction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"100\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">It consists of foreign policy, cultural and political influence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"101\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Foreign policy influence comes from the legitimacy and morality of one\u2019s dealings with other countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"102\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cultural influence is based on others\u2019 respect for one\u2019s culture.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"103\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Political influence is how much others are inspired by one\u2019s political values.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"104\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is difficult to measure soft power.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">oft power is difficult to measure.\u00a0However, the Lowy Institute in Australia has produced various measures based on foreign policy influence, cultural\u00a0influence,\u00a0and political influence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How is\u00a0China\u2019s soft power more attractive than India\u2019s Soft power?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">India might think it is more attractive than China. However, the numbers based on the Lowy Institute survey show otherwise.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"105\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">In diplomatic influence<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, overall, India ranks sixth and China ranks first among 25 Asian powers,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"106\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">On diplomatic network<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">s, India nearly matches China in the number of regional embassies it has but is\u00a0behind\u00a0in the number of embassies worldwide (176 to 126).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"107\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">I<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">n terms of multilateral power<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, India matches China in terms of regional memberships,\u00a0but\u00a0its contributions to the UN capital budget are\u00a0less\u00a0compared to Chinese contributions (11.7 per cent to 0.8 per cent of the total).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"108\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In surveys of foreign policy leadership, ambition, and effectiveness, China ranks first or fourth on four measures while India ranks between fourth and sixth in Asia.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"109\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">In terms of cultural influence,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">India ranks in fourth place and China in second place in Asia.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"110\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In terms of cultural projection,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"33\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">India scores better on Google searches abroad of its newspapers and its television\/radio broadcasts. It also exports more of its \u201ccultural services.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"34\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Whereas\u00a0China does better on several other indicators. For instance, India has only nine brands in the list of the top 500 global brands\u00a0whereas\u00a0China lists 73.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"35\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On the number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, India has 37 while China has 53.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"111\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">India also\u00a0lags\u00a0in Passport freedom Index. Chinese citizens can travel visa-free to 74 countries while Indians can travel only to 60 countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"112\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In terms of information flows, in 2016\u201317, India hosted a mere 24,000 Asian students in tertiary education institutions\u00a0whereas\u00a0China hosted 2,25,000.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"113\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In terms of tourist arrivals, in 2017 India received 5 million tourists from Asia whereas China received 41 million and ranked first among 25 Asian countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"114\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">in terms of political influence, India ranked 12th and China ranked 10th.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"115\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In terms of political stability and absence of violence\/terrorism\u201d, India ranked 21st, and China ranked 15th.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"116\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Further, confidence on India\u2019s regional ambitions, economic, military, and diplomatic capabilities, with Southeast Asia is very low according to the State of Southeast Asia Survey Reports<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/why-does-china-consistently-beat-india-on-soft-power-7371094\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indian Express<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: China\u2019s has advantage over India in terms of hard power (economic power + military power) as well as soft power\u00a0 What is soft power?\u00a0 Soft power, a tool of foreign policy,\u00a0is a mix of cultural, policy and political influences based on power of attraction. It is the ability to persuade others in a peaceful&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-does-china-consistently-beat-india-on-soft-power\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why does China consistently beat India on soft power?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,8043,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700276722},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}