Comments on: What does the world think of the U.S. and China?

By: Green Atom

Green Atom — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:02:55 +0000

We are taking a worldwide survey of the most important topics facing the world today. “What does the world think?”

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By: Mind the Gap at 14:28: the Three Day Mourning Period and the American Twitterati

Mind the Gap at 14:28: the Three Day Mourning Period and the American Twitterati — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:06:55 +0000

[...] posted earlier about the BBC World Survey. I was shocked to see that 90% of Chinese respondents felt that their country was having a positive [...]

By: Robert Vance

Robert Vance — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:20:04 +0000

Hi Paul,

Is it really any surprise that the U.S. ‘approval rating’ in many places is lower than China’s? The country with the most power is always going to have the dubious honor of being disliked around the world. Someday in the not so distant future, China may very well overtake the U.S. If that happens, it will be interesting to see how these statistics change.

http://www.teachabroadchina.com/why-chinese-patriotism-is-to-be-respected-and-feared/

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By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:12:01 +0000

@ aw for #4: Don’t mistake “which country is PERCEIVED to have a more positive influence in the world ” with “which country HAS a more positive influence in the world.” Also, don’t forget that this survey was done before the recent Tibet issue. China will quickly learn the international PR game, which often results in the image of a country changing quickly or suddenly. With the recent controversies spiraling out of control, we’re witnessing an erosion of Chinese and non-Chinese willingness to communicate and understand each other. Rabid nationalism from the average Chinese isn’t helping.

@ elliott for #5: I agree. The Iraq War and President George W. Bush’s reputation for coming across less than eloquently has tarnished America’s image in significant (though not all-inclusive) ways. For our mainland Chinese friends, I do want to parallel that to Taiwan’s Chen Shui Bian, who has also been profoundly detrimental to Taiwan’s situation over the 8 years of his presidency.

By: aw

aw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:52:53 +0000

the CPI in China is …. hoho …
I’m reading books on economics. As a web developer i’d better shut up on this before I know more.

By: What’s Really At Stake « Eric Gonzalez

What’s Really At Stake « Eric Gonzalez — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:07:51 +0000

[...] Elliott compared the results of the U.S. and China responses, and compared the two. The results are sobering: [...]

By: elliottng

elliottng — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:05:18 +0000

@Paul, you should post at ChinaVortex about this issue of America exporting inflation around the world. I think it makes sense but I don’t fully understand that well enough to post on it.

By: Paul Denlinger

Paul Denlinger — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:16:49 +0000

The big problem with US influence has been that the current US administration decided to take a more unilateral approach in foreign policy (attacking Iraq in 2003), just when the US economy was becoming more dependent on external financing (I.e. Japan, China central banks’ continued purchases of US T-bills). Now, we are finding out that the credit expansion was at least partially fraudulently funded thru all all kinds of credit derivatives.

Part of the better image of China in the world is because at least the Chinese go to developing economies and buy and sell things. In this respect, China is seen as having kept inflation down. Unfortunately, many American companies are perceived as playing a financial shell game, and along with US foreign policy, it has not helped the US.

This year though, inflation has sharply gone up all over the world. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

By: aw

aw — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:13:40 +0000

I am sorry, in my last comment, I mean this:

http://www.awflasher.com/blog/archives/1250