The biggest difference between Chinese and Russian influence campaigns — and why China is winning

[sglowrider]

http://www.businessinsider.sg/how-c...russian-influence-campaigns-2018-3/?r=US&IR=T

• The key difference between China and Russia’s influence campaigns is that China is better at it, according to a former Australian government adviser.
• China is patient and plays the long game, while Russia tends to commit to “focused, sharp strikes.”
• Australia has been grappling with how to handle apparent attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to influence its politics and society at large.

The key difference between the global influence campaigns of China and Russia is that Beijing is just better at it, according to John Garnaut, a former adviser on China to Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

“Unlike Russia, which seems to be as much for a good time rather than a long time, the Chinese are strategic, patient, and they set down foundations of organizations and very consistent narratives over a long period of time.”
“So, often its quite incremental in the way that China behaves, whereas Russia tends to do these focused, sharp strikes,

 

[iuwclurker1]

Russia is a two-faced nation. That's who they are. That's what they do.

 

[sglowrider]

Russia is a two-faced nation. That's who they are. That's what they do.

Bottomline is that the Chinese actually like/look up to the USA and what it stands for -- not so much its politicians though. So you can always do 'business' with China.

Russia is quite the opposite.