Anti-American feeling gives China edge in popularity poll
The 16-nation global attitudes survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, published yesterday, concluded that while the image of the US had improved slightly in some countries, even popular US policies had done little to endear it to the world.
US aid for victims of the tsunamis in south-east Asia six months ago and calls by President George W. Bush for greater democracy in the Middle East were “well received in many countries, but only in Indonesia, India and Russia has there been significant improvement in overall opinions of the US”, the report found. “For the most part we see entrenched anti-American sentiment,” Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Global Attitudes Program, said. But he also noted “signs of easing hostility in the Muslim world”.
Mr Bush was singled out by a majority of respondents in 10 countries as a particular focus for hostility they said he, rather than general hostility toward the US, was the cause of their unfavourable view. Such sentiments were strongest in France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.
One of the most striking findings was how China beat the US in the beauty contest, despite concerns over its growing economic influence.
The US fared the worst when respondents were asked to give favourability ratings of five major nations the US, Germany, China, Japan and France.
China received a favorability rating above 50 per cent from 11 countries. France, Germany and Japan received that level from 13 countries. The US fared worst with six countries. Of the seven European nations surveyed, only Poland viewed the US more favourably than China. In the UK, 65 per cent had a favourable view of China, against 55 per cent for the US. China won the hearts of 58 per cent of the French, while the US got 43 per cent.
Mr Kohut drew attention to the responses in two key allies of the US in the “war on terror” Pakistan, where 79 per cent of respondents gave a positive assessment of China, and only 23 per cent for the US; and Turkey, where 40 per cent were for China, and 23 per cent for the US.
Nonetheless, majorities throughout Europe did not want China to become as militarily powerful as the US. India was evenly divided on the topic while Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia and Turkey had big majorities in favour of China becoming a military equal to the US.
America's image was strongest in India, with 71 per cent expressing a positive opinion of the US, compared with 54 per cent three years ago. 全球调查：中国国际形象优于美国
根据一项全球观点调查，中国在全球受欢迎程度的竞争中决定性地压倒了美国，它证实，反美态度已广泛而牢固地确立。
总部在华盛顿的佩尤研究中心 (Pew Research Center) 昨天公布了 16 个国家的全球态度调查。调查得出结论：尽管美国的形象在某些国家略有改善，但即便是美国一些受人欢迎的政策，对于增进全世界对它的好感也收效甚微。
报告发现，美国对六个月前东南亚海啸受害者的援助，以及布什总统改善中东民主的呼吁“在许多国家受到欢迎，但仅有印尼、印度与俄罗斯，对美国的总体看法有显著改观”。佩尤研究中心好感度项目主管安德鲁?寇哈特 (Andrew Kohut) 说，“多数情况下，我们看到了牢固的反美情绪。”但他也提到了“穆斯林世界敌意放松的迹象”。
在 10 个国家，大部分受访人明确表示不喜欢布什，称布什是导致他们负面看法的原因，而不是对美国有总体上的不友善看法。这种情绪在法国、德国、西班牙和荷兰最强烈。
最惊人的发现之一，则是中国在这场选美比赛上在多大程度上击败了美国，尽管人们对这个国家日益增大的经济影响力感到担心。
当受访者被要求对五个主要国家，即美国、德国、中国、日本和法国作出好感度评价时，美国得到的评价最差。
中国获得了 11 个国家高于 50% 的好感评级。法国、德国和日本获得了 13 个国家这一水平的评级。美国在 6 个国家获得最差评价。在接受调查的 7 个欧洲国家中，只有波兰对美国的好感度超过中国。在英国， 65% 的回应者对中国有好感，相比对美国有好感的比例为 55% 。中国在法国赢得了 58% 受访者的好感，而美国获得了 43% 。
科胡特先生提到美国两场“反恐战争”关键盟国的回应。在巴基斯坦， 79% 的回应者给了中国正面评价，而美国仅有 23% ；在土耳其， 40% 的人对中国看法正面，美国的比例则为 23% 。
虽然如此，欧洲的大部分人不希望中国成为美国那样的军事强国。印度赞成和反对这一点的人数大致相等，而在约旦、巴基斯坦、印尼和土耳其，绝大多数人赞成中国成为与美国势均力敌的军事强国。
