
312 | Christopher Marquis: How China's Communist Roots Shape Its Economy, State Party, and Xi Jinping's Ambitions
The Realignment
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Is There a Consensus Between Industry and Belt and Road?
China has a strong economic power, but very weak soft power. They also see this as a way of sort of establishing a greater global influence. So I see the logic between these two as a bit, a bit different that they want self-sufficiency in this one key product and then to establish their influence globally more.
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