Has the West passed the apex of its global influence, and will the future be shaped by a rising China? In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman discuss the extent to which Chinese soft power is supplanting America’s global brand.

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