Is China is Replacing America's Role by Negotiating Peace with Ukraine?
There is no doubt China is spreading its sphere of influence. Has Joe Biden created a vacuum by his lead-from-behind leadership style? Over the last three decades: America’s global influence has stagnated while China’s has rapidly expanded. Before 2000, China ranked as most influential in only Iran, Myanmar and Sudan. By the 2000s, China's influence surged on the back of it's economy. Although China’s role at the center of global trade that generates most of its influence, China has also infiltrated universities across the globe via the Confucian institute. The government-run body - which offers language and cultural programmes is a back door way for China to spread propaganda under the guise of teaching, interfere with free speech on campuses and even to spy on students. America’s shift toward protectionism is making it less competitive with China, says Mathew Burrows, another co-author. “The U.S. has bowed out from big regional trade agreements, and that has basically tilted