The world has largely viewed the U.S. more favorably than China for years, but those opinions now have flipped in Beijing’s favor.
  • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    To the surprise of exactly no one. China has pulled off a masterclass of beating everyone else at capitalism and neocolonialism without any violence outside their own borders. Evil, but smart. Rest of the world governments come across like uneducated slobs in comparison. China is the Hans Landa of capitalists.

      • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        Oh they absolutely are aggressive dipshits and constantly saber-rattling - and yes, they did murder people in the south china sea. But it’s a different quality from starting wars (or bombing fisher boats off the south american coast). So I’d rephrase my original comment to “without starting major war-like conflicts outside their borders” (to date - I absolutely believe they are weighing their options very carefully regarding an invasion of Taiwan, the actual China*)

        • trolling a little here, because Taiwan originally had the legitimate government. Now it’s just two countries due to time passed.
  • Sepia@mander.xyz
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    9 days ago

    According to the survey linked in the article,

    one area where the U.S. still gets higher ratings than China has to do with personal freedoms: More say the U.S. government respects the personal freedoms of its people than say the same of the Chinese government.

    Pew Research did also a survey to find out how views of the U.S. and China compare specifcally in Latin America:

    • Views of China are now slightly more positive than views of the U.S., due largely to worsening views of the U.S.
    • People generally lack confidence in both Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing regarding world affairs.
    • People are much more likely to say the U.S. interferes in the affairs of other countries than they are to say the same of China, but the two superpowers are seen in a fairly similar light when it comes to their reliability as a partner and contributions to global peace and stability.

    All in all it is a more balanced view and doesn’t serve the Chinese propaganda.

    What is absolutely missing in my humble opinion is how the U.S. and China compare to European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and all the other democracies. The choice between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is just a bit like the choice between the plague and cholera. But that’s just my opinion, maybe I am mistaken.

    [Edit typo.]