Canadians’ opinions of the United States have deteriorated while their perceptions of China have improved compared to a few years ago, a new report suggests.
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.
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.
There isn’t a third option at this point though. China’s advanced fabs should be coming online by the end of the decade and will have a fully integrated supply chain. Especially since they found the silica they need. Which until last month was an absolute monopoly controlled by the USA.
So you really have only two choices. The West or China.
According to the survey linked in the article,
Pew Research did also a survey to find out how views of the U.S. and China compare specifcally in Latin America:
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.
There isn’t a third option at this point though. China’s advanced fabs should be coming online by the end of the decade and will have a fully integrated supply chain. Especially since they found the silica they need. Which until last month was an absolute monopoly controlled by the USA.
So you really have only two choices. The West or China.