Aside from the issues stated already. This would need to be a truly monstrous amount of water. The cost would simply be far too much to justify any sort of benefit.
What are the benefits of a strong soft power in the west though? I feel like a major advantage China enjoys is that America fundamentally cannot understand China's successes. I mean, most Americans have no idea why China would be popular in Africa and South America to begin with and watch videos how China will fall in the next year and so on. This allows China to often seize the initiative for things like the Chip War, which most analysts believe is far too late for the United States to do anything about.
And even if Americans did have a more popular view of China, I feel like that would cause the government to be even more aggressive to them to prevent Americans from wondering things like why they have a lower life expectancy and stuff.
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Does anyone have an archive or something for this?
Also, genuinely surprised it is that low. I mean, I knew it was bad but fascinating.