Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Poll: China, Not Iran, Now America's No. 1 Enemy


Americans View China Mostly Unfavorably -- Gallop

A majority again rate China as world's leading economic power

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite the announcement of historic reforms late last year that would shift China's economy to a more consumer-driven model, Americans still see China in the same, mostly unfavorable, way they did in early 2013. Forty-three percent of U.S. adults say they have a very or mostly favorable opinion of China, while 53% see it very or mostly unfavorably.

These results come from the Feb. 6-9 Gallup World Affairs poll.

Most analysts expect China to be the United States' foremost strategic and economic rival in the decades to come. That is a dramatic shift from 1979, the first year Gallup asked this question, when China's GDP was not even one-tenth of U.S. GDP. That year, 64% of Americans saw China favorably.

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Update: Gallup Poll: China, not Iran, now US's top enemy -- Stars and Stripes/USA Today

My Comment: China's unfavorables have actually been constant since the 1989 Tienanmen massacre. But I am still surprised that it is not higher.

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