China’s influence in Asia suffered a sharp decline over the past year, allowing the United States to cement its status as the most powerful nation in the region
China’s influence in Asia suffered a sharp decline over the past year as the country turned inward during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing the United States to cement its status as the most powerful nation in the region., released late on Sunday night, found China registered the largest decline in comprehensive power of any country in the region in 2022 because of its tough coronavirus border closures and lockdown rules.
The report found China’s economic capability – a measure of its core economic strength and ability to use the economy to geopolitical advantage – fell to its lowest level since 2018, allowing the US to regain top spot on this measure. “But on all the indicators we looked at – flight connections, the flow of tourists, the flow of international students, the flow of business people, the flow of capital – China really suffered during the pandemic.”However, the report predicts China should be able to quickly bounce back following President Xi Jinping’s decision to end his nation’s self-imposed isolation by abandoning his longstanding “COVID zero” policy.
Despite its hardline COVID measures, China overtook the US as the most diplomatically influential in Asia and hosted more leaders and foreign ministers than any other country in the region. The report found Russia risks “growing irrelevance” in Asia and recorded a steep decline in diplomatic influence and a loss of reputation following the invasion of Ukraine.
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