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China has been busy in the past decade or so exercising soft power in almost all countries in Africa , Latin America , Central Asia , Southeast Asia , South Asia and the Middle East , winning most of the countries in these regions to its side . Further experiments need to address any possible differences between using a young culture or an old culture . All modeling showed some level of reverse thermosiphoning regardless of climate or tank position . Much of the lack of success could be due to the fact that it was not possible to null the drive signal using the noise reduction coil for either the pulse or the sweep drive methods . Serene suggests that a person has an inner calm and is used to describe their appearance or behaviour ( the serene beauty of her delicate golden face belied her years | an attitude of serene detachment ) . Such motives are shared , in various proportions , by other states that have acceded over the years ; and the dozen or more that can be expected to join in the next decade or two will bring their own mixture of motives , including a strong desire among most of them to join the European mainstream after their long period of exclusion under Soviet domination .