In the past, Soft power has been defined on government political credibility, public relations, investment of culture, past behaviors and etc. It definitely has it's positives traits in which it unites the country as a whole and continues to perpetuate postitive "imaging" about the country as as whole. If the entire country is united, it gives more validity and credibility when establishing international relations. But due to strategies as soft power, they do have many images such as the "made in china" in which all products are made unsafely. And the idea the "Chinese people eat dogs." in which their culture is expressed in accurately. Whilst these are two of many of the stereotypes and "images" of China, they heavily affect and or bias their relationships with other countries and therefore can affect their economy, polcicy, government, and people.
Question: Is Soft Power applicable to all nations? Or will it work on particular smaller, less dense populated areas? How does the impact of culture, population, government, economy affect the effectiveness of soft power?
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