Thursday, June 23, 2005
World prefers China to US
Canadian's attitudes towards Americans are hardening. Big deal? Well, it likely has had an impact on some of the recent trade disputes, but let's examine a larger trend. The real story in PEW Research's polling data is that the majority of nations now have a more favourable view of communist China then of capitalist, freedom seeking and democracy spreading United States.
The U.S. poor image persists even though the Bush administration has been promoting freedom and democracy throughout the world in recent months and has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in relief aid to Indian Ocean nations hit by the devastating Dec. 26 tsunami.
Eleven of the 16 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center — Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan and Indonesia — had a more favorable view of China than the U.S.
India and Poland were more upbeat about the U.S., while Canadians are as likely to see China favorably as they were the United States.
Apparently the Iraq war has left a bitter taste in most of the globe's mouth. This just further cements the adage that nobody likes a bully.
The U.S. poor image persists even though the Bush administration has been promoting freedom and democracy throughout the world in recent months and has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in relief aid to Indian Ocean nations hit by the devastating Dec. 26 tsunami.
Eleven of the 16 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center — Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan and Indonesia — had a more favorable view of China than the U.S.
India and Poland were more upbeat about the U.S., while Canadians are as likely to see China favorably as they were the United States.
Apparently the Iraq war has left a bitter taste in most of the globe's mouth. This just further cements the adage that nobody likes a bully.
# posted by Shaky @ 10:58 p.m. 
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Nobody likes a bully, except the vast majority of free Iraqis. They don't seem to mind the US that much. I would say that the polling was done in Southern Lebanon, the area Hezbollah controls, because the rest of Lebanon is quite keen on the US right now.
Not mentioned is the high rating the US got from Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Funny how all the countries surrounding China have such a favourable view of the US, maybe they know something about China that the rest of the world is missing.
You want a bully, look at what China is doing to Democratic Taiwan.
Keith
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Not mentioned is the high rating the US got from Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Funny how all the countries surrounding China have such a favourable view of the US, maybe they know something about China that the rest of the world is missing.
You want a bully, look at what China is doing to Democratic Taiwan.
Keith
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