I believe there is influence when China deals with other countries. What I do think is that we need to change our mindset. China, meaning the Chinese government, thinks or considers everything in this regard of freedom or human rights. They use them as a way to just maintain their governance or their power.
For example, in the late seventies, when Deng Xiaoping started economic reforms and opening China to the outside world, people thought China was becoming more open and more civilized, but it was really a way for him to maintain his power or dictatorship. It was nothing different from what Mao did before.