The rise of China has less to do with the Chinese and more to do with the people funding them. Thread on a 'global leadership' program-
Nearly every big corporations or family is funding this venture. Their skin is in this game and you better believe they will achieve what they want
If the funders were not enough, the dearth of supporters at their disposal alone allows them to bankroll well crafted intellectuals in every sphere of global politics.
The one-off donors and partners aren't less prestigious and ensure elite job availablity to the people undergoing this program right after graduation. Not a single Indian corporate let alone any Indian university can match this calibre of planning.
What can we do about this? Well we can join them and uplift our families. Going against this tide is neither possible or probable. It's a small club and you ain't in it, change that. https://www.schwarzmanscholars.org/