But China is about to experience something new: South Korea’s soft power, personified by Park, who represents a center-right coalition, but defies the usual political labels. Indeed, she was elected with a curious blend of support: right-wing backers of her father, Park Chung-hee, who ruled the country with an iron fist from 1961 to 1979, and many other Koreans, including some on the left, who wanted someone different from the usual blue-suited, white-shirted Korean politician.
但中国即将面临新的情况：那就是以朴槿惠为代表的韩国软实力。朴槿惠代表中右翼政治联盟，但却与常规的政治标签不符。其实，支持她当选的是一股异乎寻常的混合力量：包括支持曾于1961到1971年铁腕治国的其父朴正熙的右翼势力，还有期望改变老式韩国政客蓝西服、白衬衫刻板印象的其他韩国民众，包括某些左翼人士。