A new poll shows how the Chinese view the United States.
Last week, Pew Research published findings from a survey of U.S. attitudes on China. Now a poll conducted by Horizon Research and published in China Daily reports on Chinese attitudes about the United States:
The number of Chinese people who view Beijing's ties with Washington as "very important" has doubled in the past year, while most people believe relations will remain stable or improve despite recent turbulence, a survey reveals ahead of President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to the United State...Nearly seven in 10 (69.9%) believe that in commercial affairs the world's two largest economies are both competitors and partners.
Most people consider that China made a greater contribution than the US in handling the financial crisis and trying to combat climate change, the survey showed.
Asked to value Beijing's ties with Washington, more than half (54.3%) of respondents said they regard Sino-US ties as "very important", more than double the 26 percent in 2009.
An overwhelming nine in 10 (90.9%) viewed the relationship as "important".
However, more than half of the respondents believed that ties had deteriorated in 2010, and nearly four in 10 (the report did not give the specific number) said current relations are "in a bad situation".
Eighty percent said the US was to blame.
As to future ties, six in 10 (no specific figure available) said the relationship will generally remain stable, while about one quarter were more positive, saying it will get better.
People under 30 are more optimistic than those in other age groups.
[Hat tip: China Real Time]
