China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies say they cannot replace the United States.

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He talks about how this could be a vehicle to counter growing Chinese influence, that China has its own foreign aid programs. So the U.S. foreign aid programs need to continue as a way to counter it.