标题：The United States used to have cachet in China. Not anymore.

“Soft power” is even more important during times of sharp words and military bluster, but the cultural appeal of American culture and ideas has waned in China

正文：There was a time not so long ago in China when anything American was automatically seen as better. In the 1990s, weddings were held at McDonald’s. By the 2000s, Nike sneakers, iPhones and dates at Pizza Hut were the badges of middle-class achievement. America, which is called “Meiguo” or “beautiful country” in Chinese, was the bastion of wealth and ease. Even the moon hung larger in the United States than in China, people used to joke.

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