 Finally , in chapter ten Townsend affirms that the " backward Chinese " are America ’ s " only legitimate problem in Asia " and asks what can be done to deal with a nation that spends aid money corruptly , does not respect its loans , mistreats and attacks foreigners , ignores international drug laws , will not protect foreign investment , and does not engage in productive diplomacy with other nations . He warns Americans that the Chinese see kindness only as weakness and thus can never respond to any type of positive reinforcement . " For every Chinese , from highest to lowest , " he argues , " all the acts of life are concentrated upon extracting , from those who mean nothing to him , what he can for the benefit of himself and his clan . " By contrast , he believes that the Chinese do understand force and respect strength . Therefore , he advocates that the United States forgo naive " sentimentalist " thinking and adopt a policy of " stern insistence upon our rights without cruel abuse of our strength " , including withholding further loans without strict conditions and holding on to foreign concessions and extraterritoriality . 
