<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"> From <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> Daily,BY Hu Cong</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> may have suffered a PR nightmare in other parts of the world but many Chinese give Uncle Sam a cautious thumbs up. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">A recent poll showed about two thirds of Chinese have a favourable opinion of Americans although 56.7 per cent believe <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State> is attempting to limit <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s influence. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Some 70.9 per cent of respondents felt positive about Sino-US relations while 24.8 per cent think the ties are sour. The rest answered "don't know," in the poll, believed to be the first ever, and carried out by the Global Times newspaper, the Institute of American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and polling company HC International. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">"As the poll indicates, the majority of Chinese public have a good opinion about Americans and American society," said Yan Xuetong, director of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tsinghua</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>'s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">International Studies</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. "But when it comes to US foreign policies, including its <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> policies, the proportion of dislikes is quite high." </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thousands of questionnaires were sent out last month in <st1:City w:st="on">Beijing</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Guangzhou</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Wuhan</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chongqing</st1:place></st1:City>. Pollsters then visited 1,175 families. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">"Hopefully this poll can be continued for many more years, which will help reflect the change of Chinese views on the United States as well as the relationship between public opinion and policies," the Global Times quoted Ding Gang, a former US-based correspondent of the People's Daily who took part in the poll, as saying. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">He said the results reflect the love-hate relationship many Chin-ese citizens have with the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">More than 90 per cent of respondents agreed that economic ties have promoted more political ties and personal friendships between the two countries' governments and people. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">However, the list of dislikes is also long, with the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:place></st1:country-region> question topping the list. Some 37.6 per cent of respondents chose "<st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> arms sales to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:country-region>" as the reason they do not like the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">More than 60.5 per cent saw <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:place></st1:country-region> as a possible source of trouble in future Sino-US relations. <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
[此贴子已经被作者于2006-12-13 17:28:58编辑过]