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soft powยทer
noun
a persuasive approach to international relations, typically involving the use of economic or cultural influence.
Everything I described falls under that, with their history of being the most level-headed economic player and growing more and more advanced by the day helps them out in their diplomacy. If you want an example that fits more of your definition, then I would point to the massive amount of brain-drain from the United States to China. I also mentioned productive forces. There is no misunderstanding here.
https://www.intelligentliving.co/why-chinese-scientists-leaving-us-stem/#%3A%7E%3Atext=By+2021%2C+a+striking+67%2Cworld%27s+scientific+expertise+is+centered.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-13/mother-of-all-bombs-afghanistan
This is older and was before China was leading the top 20 academic journals. They aren't so weak when they are successfully draining and using their "soft-power" to attract the brightest minds to their nation. They would lose a lot of this if they were to directly intervene or deploy in Iran against the United States.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3314949/us-brain-drain-set-gather-pace-academics-seek-posts-outside-trumps-america
This one is more recent.