Distinguish, using examples, between 'hard' power and 'soft' power.

1. Military Sticks
2. Economic Carrots

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• Developing nuclear weapons programme - knowingly creating a threat to other states, aiming to implament compliance with demands.

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• covert operations - involves a significant degree of deception, to conceal who is behind it or to make it appear that some other entity is responsible. More and more are occurring, but public is unaware

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• Despite encouragement to work on soft power, the Chinese constantly increase military spending

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• win trade deals and influence diplomats (Downton Abbey streamed by 1mil Chinese per month)

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• Dispute began in 2008 between Cambodia and Thailand - declared Cambodian as more religious significance