More view China as positive influence in the world
By Lu Nengneng |
May 21, 2012, Monday
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GLOBAL views of China's influence have improved this year with the country's fast development expected to bolster the world's economy.
Positive perceptions of China increased to 50 percent from 46 percent last year, allowing it to overtake both the European Union and the United States in worldwide popularity, according to the 2012 Country Ratings Poll which interviewed more than 24,000 citizens in 22 countries.
The escalating sovereign debt crisis lowered the positive views of the European Union from 56 percent last year to 48 percent.
Germany dropped to the second place as most popular nation with its positive ratings down from 60 percent to 56 percent. Japan replaced it at the top of the list with 58 percent.
Canada (53%) and the UK (51%) were the third and fourth most positively viewed countries and China came fifth, ahead of France and the EU. China ranked eighth a year ago.
The US ranked eighth this year with 47 percent positive views, a figure almost the same as last year.
Up to 14 of the 22 participating countries held a positive stance on China, whose economy, products and services were considered by 51 percent of respondents as positive influences on the world stage.
Views of China improved the most in Britain, by 19 percentage points, and in Australia, Canada and Germany, all by 18 percentage points. Negative perceptions of China fell by four points to 31 percent.
The most unfavorable views were found in China's close neighbors with 64 percent of South Koreans having negative perceptions and 50 percent of Japanese holding similar views. China's economy was also the main reason cited by 30 percent of respondents holding unfavorable views of China.
In an interview with The Beijing News, Chris Coulter, president of polling company GlobeScan, which conducted the survey for the BBC World Service together with the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, said countries with their economy focused on manufacturing and processing may see China as a threat, but the world in general welcomed the country's rise.
China's economy expanded by 9.2 percent last year, far outpacing the world's 4 percent increase, according to International Monetary Fund figures.
"The turmoil in the EU, long seen as an attractive bastion of political and economic stability, has raised doubts in people's minds about its continued ability to be a global leader," Coulter said. "Hopes are turning to China."
However, analysts warned that heavy dependence on manufacturing could become a drawback for China's economic development.
China has a huge supply of cheap labor. But an aging society will deprive it of this advantage.
Positive perceptions of China increased to 50 percent from 46 percent last year, allowing it to overtake both the European Union and the United States in worldwide popularity, according to the 2012 Country Ratings Poll which interviewed more than 24,000 citizens in 22 countries.
The escalating sovereign debt crisis lowered the positive views of the European Union from 56 percent last year to 48 percent.
Germany dropped to the second place as most popular nation with its positive ratings down from 60 percent to 56 percent. Japan replaced it at the top of the list with 58 percent.
Canada (53%) and the UK (51%) were the third and fourth most positively viewed countries and China came fifth, ahead of France and the EU. China ranked eighth a year ago.
The US ranked eighth this year with 47 percent positive views, a figure almost the same as last year.
Up to 14 of the 22 participating countries held a positive stance on China, whose economy, products and services were considered by 51 percent of respondents as positive influences on the world stage.
Views of China improved the most in Britain, by 19 percentage points, and in Australia, Canada and Germany, all by 18 percentage points. Negative perceptions of China fell by four points to 31 percent.
The most unfavorable views were found in China's close neighbors with 64 percent of South Koreans having negative perceptions and 50 percent of Japanese holding similar views. China's economy was also the main reason cited by 30 percent of respondents holding unfavorable views of China.
In an interview with The Beijing News, Chris Coulter, president of polling company GlobeScan, which conducted the survey for the BBC World Service together with the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, said countries with their economy focused on manufacturing and processing may see China as a threat, but the world in general welcomed the country's rise.
China's economy expanded by 9.2 percent last year, far outpacing the world's 4 percent increase, according to International Monetary Fund figures.
"The turmoil in the EU, long seen as an attractive bastion of political and economic stability, has raised doubts in people's minds about its continued ability to be a global leader," Coulter said. "Hopes are turning to China."
However, analysts warned that heavy dependence on manufacturing could become a drawback for China's economic development.
China has a huge supply of cheap labor. But an aging society will deprive it of this advantage.
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