Public attitudes toward China are turning more negative in the United States, Europe and elsewhere amid unease about its economic and military power, an international survey suggests.
"The image of China has slipped significantly among the publics of other major nations," said the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Survey.
Feelings have deteriorated in the United States, Britain, Japan, India and Germany, though China generally is viewed favourably, due largely to its contribution to economic growth, according to the survey.
The exception to the downturn was Africa, where China is expanding commercial ties and has pledged several billion dollars in aid. Large majorities in all but one of 10 African countries surveyed see China and its growing economic and military power positively.
The survey was based on telephone or face-to-face interviews between early April and late May in 45 countries, according to Pew.
Sample sizes ranged from about 500 in Kuwait and Italy and about 1,000 in Russia, Egypt and Brazil to 2,000 in the United States and 3,000 in China. Margins of error ranged from 2 to 4 per cent.
In the United States, the percentage of respondents with a favourable view of China fell from 52 per cent last year to 42 per cent this year, the survey found.
In Japan, 29 per cent of people surveyed viewed China favourably, down from 55 per cent in 2002.
The trend was stark in Europe, where the share of Germans responding who view China positively slid from 56 per cent in 2006 to 34 per cent this year, the survey found. Similar declines were reported in Spain, Britain and France.
"To some extent, this reflects the widespread view that China's growing economic power has a positive effect on respondents' countries, especially in the developing world," the survey said.
"However, there is broad concern about China's growing military power," it said.
"Concerns about China's military are especially deep in Europe, Japan and South Korea."
China's military power was viewed as a "bad thing" by 89 per cent of people surveyed in South Korea, 84 per cent in France and 80 per cent in Japan, according to Pew.
China's other Asian neighbours viewed it positively, with favourable opinions expressed by 83 per cent of Malaysians, 79 per cent of Pakistanis and 74 per cent of Bangladeshis, the survey found.
In Africa, attitudes toward China were overwhelmingly positive, with majorities in all 10 countries surveyed describing Chinese influence as more positive than that of the United States.
China is in the midst of a campaign to expand commercial and political ties with Africa, and this week launched a $US1 billion ($A1.2 billion) fund to finance investment and trade by Chinese companies there.
"China is almost universally viewed as having a more beneficial impact on African countries than does the United States," the survey said.
"Clear majorities say America's influence in their countries is generally good. But the perception that China has a positive impact is far more widespread."
全球调查显示中国形象下滑
一项国际调查显示，出于对中国经济、军事力量的不安，美国、欧洲和其他地方的公众对中国的态度变得更负面。
2007年皮尤全球态度调查（2007 Pew Global Attitudes Survey）显示，在其他主要国家，中国在公众心目中的形象大幅下滑。
据该调查，尽管中国在美国、英国、日本、印度和德国通常受到好评（很大程度上由于它对经济增长的贡献），但感觉已经恶化。
这种下降趋势中的例外是非洲，中国在非洲扩大商业联系，并承诺提供数十亿美元的援助。受调查的非洲国家中，大多数人认为中国以及中国日益增强的经济和军事实力是积极的。
据皮尤调查表示，此次调查的时间段是四月初到五月末，对四十五个国家的受访者进行电话或面对面的采访。
采样的规模从科威特和意大利的约五百人，到俄罗斯、埃及和巴西的约一千人，到美国的两千人，到中国的三千人。误差幅度介于2%到4%之间。
调查发现，在美国，对中国持好感的受访者从去年的52%下降到今年的42%.
在日本，对中国持好感的受访者占29%，而2002年是55%。
在欧洲，这个趋势十分明显，对中国持积极看法的德国受访者从2006年的56%下降到今年的34%。西班牙、英国和法国也可以看到类似的下降。
调查认为，在某种程度上，这反映人们普遍认为中国日益增长的经济实力对受访者国家有积极影响，然而，人们广泛担心中国日益增长的军事实力。在欧洲、日本和韩国，对中国军事的关切尤其的深。
89%的韩国受访者认为中国的军事实力是件“坏事”，法国有84%，日本有80%。
中国的其他亚洲邻居对它抱积极看法，调查发现83%的马来西亚人、79%的巴基斯坦人和74%的孟加拉国人对中国抱好感。
在非洲，对中国的态度是压倒性的积极，受访的十个国家中，大多数人认为中国的影响力比美国的积极得多。
大家认为这个survey客观吗?
[ 本帖最后由 matt7 于 2007-6-30 12:19 AM 编辑 ] |
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