During the COVID-19 pandemic, China may have perceived an opportunity to expand influence as Western economies and societies were harder hit earlier than China; wolf warrior diplomacy during this period reflected a calculation that China had more relative power to deploy.
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Michael SoikEvidence Quote
“during covid I think there was this this wage perhaps that they sensed an opportunity because I think Western economies and the the virus itself hit the West a lot harder and a lot sooner than it really hit China”
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China Expert Explains China’s Plan for Global Domination - And Its Biggest Weakness— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 6:55:00 AM
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