US image deteriorates in Asia: survey
Monday, September 11, 2006
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TOKYO: The image of the United States has deteriorated across Asia in recent years, particularly in countries with large Muslim populations, according to a survey published in a Japanese newspaper Sunday.
The seven-nation survey, jointly conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the Korea Times and the Gallup group, showed the proportion of respondents with a positive view of the US image dropped in all countries from the last poll in 1995.
Positive views about the US outnumbered negative ones overall, but more people said their opinion of the United States had diminished, the Yomiuri said.
The seven countries surveyed were Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
The rise of anti-US sentiment was most evident in Malaysia, where respondents with negative views of the US surged 30 percentage points to 41 percent. In Indonesia, the percentage of negative responses jumped 16 points to 40 percent.
In South Korea, the percentage of negative respondents increased 14 percentage points to 48 percent, while in Japan, a staunch US ally, negative responses rose 7 points to 25 percent.
But in India, 83 percent said their image of the US was good and only 15 percent said it was bad.
In Thailand, 74 percent of respondents said the US was good, while 88.6 percent of Vietnamese queried gave positive answers.
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Monday, September 11, 2006
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TOKYO: The image of the United States has deteriorated across Asia in recent years, particularly in countries with large Muslim populations, according to a survey published in a Japanese newspaper Sunday.
The seven-nation survey, jointly conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the Korea Times and the Gallup group, showed the proportion of respondents with a positive view of the US image dropped in all countries from the last poll in 1995.
Positive views about the US outnumbered negative ones overall, but more people said their opinion of the United States had diminished, the Yomiuri said.
The seven countries surveyed were Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
The rise of anti-US sentiment was most evident in Malaysia, where respondents with negative views of the US surged 30 percentage points to 41 percent. In Indonesia, the percentage of negative responses jumped 16 points to 40 percent.
In South Korea, the percentage of negative respondents increased 14 percentage points to 48 percent, while in Japan, a staunch US ally, negative responses rose 7 points to 25 percent.
But in India, 83 percent said their image of the US was good and only 15 percent said it was bad.
In Thailand, 74 percent of respondents said the US was good, while 88.6 percent of Vietnamese queried gave positive answers.
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