Indeed, China has been shifting from hard power to soft throughout the region, and is using its economic power to challenge Western-dominated multilateral institutions. Specifically, China has decided to pour huge amounts of money into establishing new development institutions: the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Maritime Silk Road Bank, and the New Development Bank (created by the five major emerging economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
事实上，中国在整个地区正在从硬实力转向软实力，并且正在利用其经济实力挑战西方主导的多边机构。具体而言，中国决定投入大量资金成立新的发展机构：亚洲基础设施投资银行、丝绸之路银行和新开发银行（由五个主要新兴经济体——巴西、俄罗斯、印度、中国和南非成立）。此外，中国总理李克强最近还向东盟国家提供200亿美元用于基础设施和发展项目融资。