软实力和硬实力

The imbalance between soft power and hard power

Since china has made a lot of achievement in different areas. But at the same time, china also faces lot of problems. The biggest one is the imbalance between soft power and hard power.

Since the reform and opening up, China's gross domestic product increase at an average of 9% growth and we firmly pursues an independent foreign policy of peace which constantly improves Chinese international community's position. in the international affairs , we china has more right to speak.

From five elements of the comprehensive national strength of the world, we can learn that at average ranking china ranked sixth in 1996, and now china ranked third in the world.

According to the latest military strength rankings of all countries in the world of 2012, America is still the world's top military powers, Russia's second, China's third, followed by India's British Turkey in Japan and South Korea France Israel.

Ignore for whether our aircraft carrier has fighting capacity or not, at lease we own one. More than 200 countries in the world and only 15 countries have aircraft carrier. So don’t other countries live in fear? The world overall is peaceful, we should not worry about it too much. Authorities’ news, so far, including motor, silos, such as the protection of nuclear potential nuclear bomb and intercontinental

remote China already had 2764 pieces.

China is internationally recognized as a nuclear power, although not as powerful as US and Russia .China's nuclear weapons have service, can be used in actual combat, and some countries in theory have nuclear weapons, but not on the ability.

So we do not need to be inferior. We don't have to constantly stress hard power. Are you worrying about the third world? Forgot it, which is not our ordinary people should think too much.

Chinese are fond of making comparisons with US; we want to be as strong as US. What made people convinced is not only American’s hard power, but also soft power. The core of American is culture product. First, Cultural products reflect American core idea of pragmatism. They promote democratic ideas and human rights, one’s own interests are the final consideration. Cultural products are the right goods to meet this consideration.

Second, the essence of the soft power is human achievement and science and technological achievements.

If you dissect Hollywood and Disney amusement products, it is not difficult to find that in today's world the best combination of the product are human achievement and science and technological achievements.

Let us come to china, Because of the cultural development of China

starting point is too low, and although the current the advancing speed is faster, attractive is extremely limited.

In the higher education, the university of China quality is far behind the United States, not a university at the world's top universities to the list. Because of the education lever, even the top students in Qinghua or Peking University would like to study aboard.

In the academic research, even today, not a Chinese has been awarded Nobel Prize.

In popular culture, Chinese film and television market and music of import and export is extremely uneven. From 2000 to 2004, China imported 4332 film department, but export film is numbered

in shaping Pop music idol , China is not as good as neighboring South Korea and Japan.

In the enterprise and brand, China also has seldom company or trademark brand can like American Coca-Cola or Microsoft in global everywhere.

Although our china had made a big progress in economic, we can not deny that our culture appeal or we may say soft power has a long way to go.

When you hear the poison milk, edible oil, food colorings, and lean meats such as pure ah problem? What do you think？

I think you would understand why Chinese preferred to foreign food.

Let us imagine that, even food this stuff which is concerned about the life and health could be forged and doped and Endangering Human Health. What about other stuff? Other things?

Ridicules! This society had changed, all we may say people have changed. Sense of social responsibility and civic mindedness had been destroyed a lot.

If Chinese citizens' social morality is excellent enough, why little yueyue event could just happen? Chinese have been in the trust crisis. What we called is an aspect of soft power.

People dare not to believe the government because of the frequent corruption event and doubt the implementation of the policy system. We should make clear that there is great difference between china and other excellent ones. We should attach great importance to nationalism 。We should proud of our nation and full of confidence. Making a balance between soft power and hard power, moral system should be rebuild, moral quality should be enhance, meanwhile, we should set up correct values, perfect our management system.

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