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Pakistanis increasingly view China as postive over US
By AFP
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WASHINGTON: The world increasingly believes China will become the top superpower but the United States enjoys a better image in most regions, according to a poll released Thursday.

A 39-nation study by the Pew Research Center found that the United States is still enjoying the boost to its reputation that followed the election of President Barack Obama — except in a number of Islamic nations where Washington remains widely disliked.

The survey, the US-based center’s largest since 2007, found growing criticism of China in most of East Asia and Europe.

“However, even in many countries where America is still seen as the top economic power, most believe China will someday become the leading overall superpower,” the study said.

In Western Europe, the public in all countries polled except Italy — where the United States was especially popular — believed that China has topped or has already surpassed the United States “as the world’s leading superpower.”

But the study put the US favourability rating globally a 63 per cent, compared with 50 per cent for China. Even nations with widespread anti-US feeling gave higher marks when asked about the American people and most acknowledged that Washington allowed personal freedoms for its own citizens.

Relative perceptions of the United States and China varied widely among countries.

The biggest swing in the US favor was in Japan, where a territorial row with China has flared. A mere five per cent of Japanese viewed China favorably – far lower than in any other country polled – while 69 per cent were positive about the United States.

In the other direction, only 11 per cent of Pakistanis saw the United States favorably against 81 per cent who held positive views of China, which Islamabad often considers its key supporter.

Asia-Pacific nations were mostly supportive of the United States but divided on predicting the future. Two-thirds of Australians believed that China would emerge as the top superpower, a view shared by fewer than one-third in Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Most economists believe it is only a matter of years before China, whose population is more than four times that of the United States, surpasses the United States in the raw size of its economy.

But many experts doubt that China will quickly catch up with the United States in the global reach of its culture, diplomacy and economy.

The Pew study found limited interest in Latin America and Africa in China’s music and movies, although most admired the Asian power’s technological advances.

China’s image declined significantly over the past two years in Europe, dropping 11 points in Britain and nine percent in France.

The trend is likely due to “unease about China as a commercial competitor” as well as “European frustration with Chinese unilateralism in foreign affairs,” the survey said.

Greece was the only European Union member where a majority held positive views of China and fewer than half of people were favorable toward the United States.

China’s image also declined in several places where the United States is unpopular. In Egypt, China’s favorability rating dropped 12 points to 45 percent, although it was still well above the 16 percent for the United States.

Outside the Islamic world, the United States was ranked worst in China, where 40 percent were favorable toward the United States, and Argentina, where the figure was 41 percent — in contrast to a positive image of the United States in much of Latin America.
Pakistanis increasingly view China as postive over US – The Express Tribune
 
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The biggest swing in the US favor was in Japan, where a territorial row with China has flared. A mere five per cent of Japanese viewed China favorably – far lower than in any other country polled – while 69 per cent were positive about the United States.

US nuked two cities of this nation and killed hundreds of thousands of their civilians and facked millions of their women,it seems that US really beat this dog flat into submission
 
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Pew Research Center is an American organization so those 39 nations were not randomly picked,they cherrypick nations and a lot of them are small European countries,where American influence has been always strong.if they pick more countries from the middle east and Africa,the result will be very different.
 
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This nation has no fight left in them.

If you are talking to Japan, they are soon going to get rid of their "pacifist constitution".

They do have the potential to be one of the premier Asian power. They are already the best navy in Asia.

All their restraint is self imposed and it can change very quickly given a reason.
 
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If you are talking to Japan, they are soon going to get rid of their "pacifist constitution".

They do have the potential to be one of the premier Asian power. They are already the best navy in Asia.

All their restraint is self imposed and it can change very quickly given a reason.

Only if they can stand up to their big Daddy US,or they will foever be a vassal state.
 
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Only if they can stand up to their big Daddy US,or they will foever be a vassal state.

They will do that when needed. You can be sure of that.

It has been very profitable for them, this free defense cover leaving them free to grow economically after WW-2.
 
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They will do that when needed. You can be sure of that.

It has been very profitable for them, this free defense cover leaving them free to grow economically after WW-2.

so being a slave is not all that bad,uh
 
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Only if they can stand up to their big Daddy US,or they will foever be a vassal state.

Don't let your dislike of them become a judging factor.

Look at how much Japanese have changed from the times of Junichiro Koizumi.

That was a true vassal state under him.

Today it is changing even if US hates to admit.
 
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Don't let your dislike of them become a judging factor.

Look at how much Japanese have changed from the times of Junichiro Koizumi.

That was a true vassal state under him.

Today it is changing even if US hates to admit.

US servicemen still rape Japanese girls regularly,Japan still can't punish them.
 
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