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China's popularity around the world is on the decline amid concerns over unsafe products, military prowess and economic power ahead of the summer Olympics, a survey suggested on Thursday.

"Positive views fell significantly in nine of 21 countries in which polls were taken in 2007, as well as the current survey," said the Pew Global attitudes project, which surveyed 24,000 people in 24 countries.

"Opinions of China tumbled the most in France (47 per cent to 28 per cent) and in Japan (20 per cent to 14 per cent)."

Among the key areas of concern were China's growing economy and military abilities.

"Negative views of China's military prowess are common in the US and Europe -- more than seven in 10 in the US, France, Britain, Germany, Spain, Russia and Poland consider it a bad thing for their own countries," the report said.

Japan showed the highest rate of concern (90 per cent) and South Korea, where 87 per cent see China's rising military strength as a bad thing for their country.

Eight-two per cent of Americans said China's military power was a bad thing, while views of the economy showed more of a divide -- 35 per cent saying it was a good thing for America and 53 per cent viewing it as a bad thing.

"Generally, publics around the world find China's growing economic power less troubling than its increasing military strength," it said.

Majorities of those polled in Pakistan, Lebanon, Indonesia, Jordan, Australia and Brazil as well as Tanzania, South Africa and Nigeria said China's economy had a positive effect on their countries.

One the other hand, majorities in France, Germany, South Korea and the United States saw China's economic power as a bad thing.

The survey also found "considerable skepticism about the quality of Chinese products," particularly in the United States where nearly three in four people view Chinese products as less safe than products made elsewhere.

"In 19 of 24 countries, at least half of those surveyed say Chinese products are generally less safe than those produced elsewhere," it said. The notable exception was in China itself, where 65 per cent said Chinese products were just as safe.

The poll was taken March 17-April 21 -- after China's March crackdown on dissidents in Tibet, and before the devastating earthquake on May 12 in Sichuan province.

When it came to the Olympic Games, hosted by Beijing this summer, "international opinion largely approves," Pew said, noting that 14 of 23 countries showed majorities saying the move was a good thing.

Link:India News Online
 
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Rite 23march, how bout we make a video that asks the average Pakistani to locate Islamabad on the map?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
are you retarded?? comparing american education with average pakistanis??:yahoo::enjoy:
in every classroom their is a huge flag and map of pakistan and a picture of quaid e azam mohammed ali jhinna!!
 
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Half of the chinese don't understand english. How will they even counter the US in chaning the opinion of the world.

And yes, though most of world population is in Asia and Africa, the opinion of west is what that is "considered" as global opinion.

China is far behind India in "soft power", leave alone US.

Most of the European people with whom I have communicated, think of china as a thief of innovative technologies from the west. :lol:
 
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
are you retarded?? comparing american education with average pakistanis??:yahoo::enjoy:
in every classroom their is a huge flag and map of pakistan and a picture of quaid e azam mohammed ali jhinna!!

Erm, and how many of iqbal's childern get to see the inside of a classroom?

Out of those lucky few, how many are taught the quran and nothing else of madarassas, and how many drop out before completing their first year?
 
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do americans care about global anti-USA sentiment?
If not, why should the Chinese to give a damn about global anti-China sentiment?
I am certain there will be no anti-China sentiment if China is still in stone age.
 
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besides, those western country cannot represent the world. They have less than 1 billion people and it is better to change the title to "western anti-China sentiment on the rise".
 
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besides, those western country cannot represent the world. They have less than 1 billion people and it is better to change the title to "western anti-China sentiment on the rise".

I had no idea that Japan and Korea were in the west.
 
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You need not "worry" but you may take the time to think why it is happening.

Till some years back, most of the west was gung-ho on China and wanted to be there! A large part of your economic progress also has to do with them opening their markets and their companies outsourcing their production to China and sharing their technical and managerial know-how.

Besides if this sentiment takes a life of its own and lets hypothetically say the Consumers start boycotting Chinese products, it may hit you where it pinches. I am not saying it will or will not happen. Just why China may need to manage this.
 
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:) So they are more concerned at growing economic power of China. The headline of the survery should be "Global P issing of the US, Few Western countries over Economic gains of China on the rise" ;)

Errr...Japan? Korea? Taiwan?
 
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