Summary of Press Coverage

Summary of Press Coverage: World Public Opinion
Summary of Press Coverage:
“World Public Opinion On
Globalization and Trade, Climate Change,
Genocide and Darfur, Future of the United Nations,
US Leadership, and Rise of China”
July 6, 2007
Table of Contents
Research Partners............................................................................................................. 2
Polls Released .................................................................................................................... 3
List of Events ..................................................................................................................... 4
Overview of Press Coverage ............................................................................................ 5
“Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat” ...................... 5
“World Publics Reject US Role as the World Leader” ................................................. 7
“World Public Favors Globalization and Trade”.......................................................... 9
“World Publics Favor New Powers for the UN”.......................................................... 11
“World Publics Think China Will Catch Up With the US” ....................................... 15
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Research Partners
Country
Research Institute
Argentina
Graciela Romer y Asociados
Armenia
Armenian Center for National and International Studies
Australia
China
France
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
México
Lowy Institute for International Policy/
Market Focus International
Chicago Council on Global Affairs/GlobeScan
Efficience 3
Chicago Council on Global Affairs/GlobeScan
Lowy Institute for International Policy/ Deka Marketing
Research
WorldPublicOpinion.org
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv
University
CIDE / Mexican Council on Foreign Relations
(COMEXI)
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian Center for Public Opinion
Perú
Grupo de Opinión Publica, Universidad de Lima
Philippines
Social Weather Stations
Poland
Russia
South Korea
CBOS
Levada Center
East Asia Institute/Hankook Research Company
Thailand
ABAC Poll Research Center, Assumption University
Ukraine
Kiev International Institute of Sociology
Chicago Council on Global Affairs/
Knowledge Networks
United States
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Polls Released
Between mid-March and late May, 2007, WorldPublicOpinion.org and the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs released the findings of the first global public opinion
study of its kind. The results were released to the public in seven waves according to
issue. The seven included global views on: climate change, labor and environmental
standards, U.S. leadership, human rights abuses and the conflict in Darfur,
globalization and trade, the United Nations, and the rise of China.
Altogether, these seven releases generated considerable international acclaim. The
study was mentioned over 790 times by news media in more than 55 countries.
Articles discussing the polls were published in thirteen languages: English, Spanish,
French, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Mandarin, German, Swedish,
Norwegian, Dutch, and German.
“Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat”
Published March 14, 2007
“International Publics Strongly Favor Labor and Environmental
Standards in Trade Agreements” Published March 21, 2007
“Publics Around the World Say UN Has Responsibility to Protect
Against Genocide” Published April 4, 2007
“World Publics Reject US Role as the World Leader” Published April
18, 2007
“World Public Favors Globalization and Trade but Wants to Protect
Environment and Jobs” Published April 26, 2007
“World Publics Favor New Powers for the UN” published May 14,
2007
“World Publics Think China Will Catch Up With the US—
and That’s Okay” Published May 28, 2007
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List of Events
Various events were also held in the United States discussing the findings of the polls
with policymakers, journalists, academics and the public as a whole.
“Darfur at a Crossroads: Global Public Opinion and the Responsibility to Protect”
April 05, 2007, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. Moderator: Liz
Ferris, Brookings Institution; Presenter: Steven Kull, WorldPublicOpinion.org;
Panelist: Susan Rice, Brookings Institution and Gayle Smith, Center for American
Progress. [Full Transcript] [Video Footage of Event]
“International Public Opinion on International Trade and Including Labor and
Environmental Standards in Trade Agreements” April 26, 2007, Peterson Institute
for International Economics, Washington DC. Moderator: C. Fred Bergsten;
Presenter: Steven Kull, WorldPublicOpinion.org and Christopher Whitney,
Chicago Council on World Affairs; Panelists: I.M. (Mac) Destler, University of
Maryland and Peterson Institute Kimberly Ann Elliott, Peterson Institute and
Center for Global Development.
“World Public Opinion on the Future of the United Nations” May 9, 2007, UN
Correspondents’ Association Club, New York City. Steven Kull briefed members
of the press corps on the findings of the UN poll.
“World Public Opinion on the Future of the United Nations” May 11, 2007,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC. Presenter: Steven
Kull. [Video Footage of Event]
“World Public Opinion on the Future of the United Nations” May 22, 2007,
United Nations Secretariat, New York City. Steven Kull briefed the United
Nations Undersecretary for Communications and Public Information, directors of
the public information department, and other departments’ communications
directors on the findings of the UN poll.
“China's Rise: The World Speaks Out” June 12, 2007, Asia Society in New York
City. Presenter: Christopher Whitney, Executive Director of Studies, The
Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Moderator: Susan Chira, Foreign Editor, New
York Times; Panelists: Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for
China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.
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Overview of Press Coverage
“Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat”
Published March 14th, 2007
Full Report
What The Media Reported:
Summary: Roughly 180 news media published full articles devoted to the findings of the poll, and about
20 in Spanish, German, Portuguese and Chinese media.
International Newswires:
The Associated Press (AP): Tara Burghart authored
"Survey: Global Warming Pressing Problem." It was
published in over 150 online English-language news outlets
across the U.S. and internationally (see right). The article
was also translated into German and Spanish.
Agence France Presse (AFP): “Global warming seen as a
pressing problem worldwide: survey” English, French and
Spanish on March 14, 2007.
Inter-Press Service (IPS): “Across the Globe, Warming
Viewed as "Critical"” was published March 14, 2007
AFX- Asia Wire service: “Global warming seen as a
pressing problem worldwide – poll” published on March 15,
2007
Partner Nation Press:
Armenia: Armenian News Network “Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat”
published March 15, 2007.
Australia: Australian Broadcasting Company “Vast majority of Australians want to tackle global warming:
survey" published online March 14, 2007.
India: Press Trust of India, Inc. “Global Warming concerns majority; not enough for action: Poll”
published March 14, 2007.
Mexico: NOTIMEX (Agencia Mexicana de Noticias) “Encuesta Muestra Coincidencia Mundial en
Amenaza Planteada por el Cambio...” published March 14, 2007.
China: 美国企业新闻通讯社 (简体) “民调显示：气候变化是一种威胁已成全球共识” published
March 14, 2007.
Philippines: PhilStar.com “Survey: 76% of Filipinos want global warming addressed” Published May 7,
2007; Philippine Daily Inquirer "‘Go-slow’ approach favored to address global warming," published May
8, 2007.
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Other National Press:
Austria: PR Inside: “Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat” published March
14, 2007.
Azerbaijan: Baku Sun “Survey on climate change” published March 16, 2007.
Romania: Playfuls.com "As scientists debate, public supports climate action" published March 14, 2007.
Candada: ECanada Now “New poll finds worldwide concern for effects of climate change” published
March 14, 2007.
South Africa: Mail and Guardian “Global warming of global concern, poll shows” published March 14,
2007.
Turkey: Turkish Press “Global warming seen as a pressing problem worldwide: survey” published March
14, 2007.
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“World Publics Reject US Role as the World Leader” Published April
18, 2007
Full Report
What The Media Reported:
Summary: This release received 52 hits by English-language media, and 17 hits by other
language media, in Spanish and Dutch.
International Newswires:
AFP: “Global poll: US cannot be trusted” was published by Middle East Times on April 18. This story was
also picked up by Khaleej Times, The News International, Arab News, the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, Turkish Press and The Times of India, among others.
IPS: Eli Clifton authored “World Opposed to U.S. as Global Cop” on April 18th (below). This story was
picked up by a variety of news sources, including the Mail and Guardian (South Africa), Gulf Times, the
Groong Armenian News Network and Now Public.com. The article was translated into Spanish, titled “La
opinión pública mundial se opone al liderazgo de EEUU,” and published by the online Spanish-language
magazine, Rebelion.
Partner Nation Press:
Armenia:
The Pan Armenian Network published "58 percent of Armenia’s population distrust U.S." on April 18,
2007.
The Groog Armenian News Network published "Majority around the world reject US role of world
policeman" on May 20, 2007.
Australia: "Australia Concerned over US role: poll" was published by The Age, Sydney Morning Herald,
Ninemsn, Brisbane Times, The West Australian, on April 18, 2007.
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Thailand: On May 2, Asia Times Online’s Henry C K Liu authored "China's misguided 'experts' on the
US" which discussed the poll.
Philippines:
ABS CBN reported “Surveys: Filipinos top US backers in world affairs” on June 12, 2007 (below).
GMA TV News published “Pinoys trust US most on foreign policy - int'l survey” shortly after.
Ukraine: The Ukrainian National News Agency (Ukrainiform) published the Ukraine-speific"74% of
Ukrainians Speak Up for Ukraine's Active Position on International Arena" on June 16, 2007.
United States:
Newsweek magazine’s Michael Hirsh authored "A Titanic Task" for the news magazine’s online
edition.
Geoffrey Ramos of All Headline News authored "Poll: Most Countries, Except The Philippines, Do
Not Trust The U.S." on April 18, 2007.
A variety of American bloggers wrote about the poll; the poll was mentioned in such popular blogs
as the Daily Kos, The Washington Note, Think Progress, Donklephant, CounterPunch, and Colbert
Nation (the fan site of the popular comedian ‘new anchor,’ Steven Colbert).
The Global Politician posed this question in their article on July 4: "Why Does the Philippines Trust
America?"
Other National Press:
Iran: Press TV Iran published "World Dissatisfied with US" and Payvand News Iran "World Publics Reject
U.S. Role as the World Leader" on April 18, 2007.
Malaysia: the Malaysian Sun published "Majority around the world reject US role of world policeman" on
May 19, 2007
Pakistan: The Daily Times published "World rejects US as global leader" on April 18, 2007.
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“World Public Favors Globalization and Trade but Wants to Protect
Environment and Jobs”
Published April 26th, 2007 Full Report
and
“International Publics Strongly Favor Labor and Environmental
Standards in Trade Agreements”
Published March 21, 2007 Full Report
What The Media Reported:
Summary: These releases received more than 97 hits in the English-language media and roughly 25 hits
by other language media, in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
International Newswires:
AFP: “Global majority backs globalization,” April 26, 2007. Notable media outlets that picked up the story
include France24, various national versions of Yahoo! News, as well as English-language news Web sites
in Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, India, Australia, Bangladesh, Armenia, Turkey, and Jordan.
EINNews highlighted the story in each partner nation’s trade news section of their web site.
The article was also published in French, ""Français et Américains champions de l'antimondialisation," and
Portuguese, “Pesquisa internacional mostra apoio à globalização,” which was picked up by multiple
Portuguese-language news sites. The Spanish translation, titled “La mayoría de ciudadanos apoya la
globalización," was picked up by news sites such as Yahoo! News (Spanish Edition), Prodigy/MSN,
Noticias.MA, Enoticia.com, Tiscali Actualidad:sociedad, and Abastodenoticias.com.
Reuters: published "Globalization gets mixed global reviews - surveys" on April 26, 2007. This story was
picked up by Turkish Daily News, Europe Media Monitor, IL & FS Invest Smart (India), among many
others. The Reuters article was translated into Spanish under this headline: “"Visión positiva de
globalización es menor en EEUU que en China."
ITAR-TASS (Information Telegraph Agency of Russia): On April 26, 2007 the agency published
"Desarrollo comercio internacional repercute negativamente en medio ambiente," for distribution to its
partner media in Latin America.
Partner Nation Press:
Armenia: "World Public Favors Globalization and Trade but Wants to Protect Environment and Jobs" was
published by Groong Armenian News Network on April 26, 2007.
China: "Global majority backs globalization: survey" was published in the China Post on April 26, 2007.
France:
"Français et Américains champions de l'antimondialisation," Les Echos May 1 by David Barroux. This
article was syndicated by French news sites DailyNews.fr and Oscoop.
Éric Desrosiers of Le Devoir wrote "La mondialisation a la cote" May 3, 2007.
Le Monde published “Rassurer sur les délocalisations” May 9, 2007.
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Robert Jules of La Tribune published “pris sur le vif; La mondialisation reste à expliquer aux
Français.”
Mexico:
Diario de Yucatan published "Piden más protección ambiental"on April 27, 2007.
"Mayor protección ambiental y laboral ante la globalización, buscan países," was published by La
Jornada, April 27, 2007.
El Financiero published "Bien vistas por el mundo, globalización económica y commercial" on April
30, 2007.
On May 7, Myriam García of the Mexican news daily Reforma authored "Apoya México al comercio."
Philippines:
BusinessWorld correspondent Felipe F. Salvosa authored "Globalization finds fewer backers in RP" on
April 27, 2007.
On May 22 GMA News TV, Good News Philipinas and Philippine Star published "Most Pinoys think
globalization good for RP-SWS."
On May 23, Kate V. Pedroso of the Inquirer authored "Filipinos cold to globalization idea – survey."
This article was republished by the Asian Journal.
United States:
The U.S. State Department mentioned the poll in a press release titled “All Countries Can Gain from
Globalization, Strong Institutions” published April 27. This press release was also translated into
French and published by French-language sites.
William Ide of Voice of America published a piece titled “Survey Finds Strong Support for
Globalization” on April 27, 2007.
“Marketplace,” a popular radio program distributed across the US by American Public Media,
highlighted the poll and aired a brief interview with Steven Kull of WorldPublicOpinion.org.
OneWorld.net published an analysis of the poll titled "Poll Shows Worldwide Support for
Globalization, With Some Caveats." The article was also carried by the Huffing ton Post blog, Yahoo!
News (US), EU Politics Today, and International Trade News.
Various business publications reported on the poll, including BNA International Trade Reporter, and
Masaoka and Associates. The Earth Times published the press release.
Other National Press:
United Kingdom: The poll was mentioned in the Financial Times’ “Preview of the Week” in advance of the
poll’s publication.
Brazil: The AFP article titled “Pesquisa internacional mostra apoio à globalização,” was published by Terra
Noticias, Yahoo! Brazil and Ultima Segundo, April 26.
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“World Publics Favor New Powers for the UN”
published May 14, 2007
Full Report
And
“Publics Around the World Say UN Has Responsibility to Protect
Against Genocide” Published April 4, 2007 Full Report
What The Media Reported:
Summary: This UN release received widespread coverage across the globe thanks to coverage by
international wire services. Overall, this release received 154 press hits. About 30 different media reported
on a previous release focusing solely on the human-rights related findings.
Notable Mentions:
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon authored an article in which he highlighted the study’s
results. Published by key media in over 20 countries, the article formed the basis of a campaign by the
Secretary General to shore up international support for his initiatives and the UN overall.
…Perhaps most encouraging, public support for the U.N. remains strikingly high. A new poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org found large
majorities (74 percent) believe the United Nations should play a stronger role in the world, whether in preventing genocide and defending
nations under attack or aggressively investigating human-rights abuses. Even in the United States, where disillusion with the U.N. has lately
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run deep, three of four Americans favor a stronger United Nations, and nearly as many expect the nation's foreign policy to be conducted in
partnership with it. For the U.N., all this, too, amounts to a climate change. I wouldn't quite call it a new San Francisco moment—but it might
not be far short, so long as we seize the opportunity…
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The article was first published Newsweek International in the June 4, 2007 issue. It has been republished in
a variety of languages in the South China Morning Post, Bangkok Post, Kuwait Times, and Bahrain
Tribune, Media for Freedom (Nepal), The Korea Herald , New Strait Times (Malaysia), Daily News (Sri
Lanka), The Nation (Kenya), The Hindu, The Daily Star (Lebanon), Middle East Online, Buenos Aires
Herald, EIN News, Gulf News, Le Figaro (France), Die Presse (Austria), La Prensa Grafica (El Salvador)
and El Panama America (in Spanish), Trend.com (Azerbaijan), and Dagbladet (Norway).
International Newswires:
AFP: “Large majorities favor giving UN more powers: global surveys” May 10, 2007 published by The
Nation (Thailand), France 24, Anatolian Times, Yahoo! News and Turkish Press. The article has been
translated into Spanish, “Opinión mundial a favor de reforzar la ONU (sondeo),” and has been published on
broadcaster Univision’s website, among others. It was also translated into French “L'opinion mondiale en
faveur d'un renforcement de l'ONU” and picked up by various French media, including Le Monde (below).
AP: “Poll finds broad international support for expanded U.N. role in decision-making, peacekeeping” May
10, 2007. This story was published by over 70 media. Notables: Online editions of: The Guardian (UK),
International Herald Tribune, Washington Post and various American news dailies, Dow Jones, Fox News,
Yahoo! News, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Candada.com, and English-language news sources
throughout India and Australia.
IPS: “Global Public Favours Stronger U.N.” May 9. Syndicated to the Financial Express (Bagladesh). The
article has been translated into Portuguese, French, Spanish and Dutch "Världsopinionen vill se mäktigare
FN." IPS also published an article about the human rights-related release: “"Broad Support for U.N.
Intervention Against Genocide" on April 3, 2007.
United Press International (UPI): “Poll finds global support for U.N.” May 9. Published by Washington
Times, Middle East Times, InMediaNews, World Peace Herald, and EarthTimes.
Voice of America: “Global Survey Suggests Broad Support for Stronger United Nations” May 11, by
William Ide. VOA also covered the human-rights related release: "Survey Reveals World Demand for
Strong Action in Darfur" on April 16, 2007.
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Cybercast News Service (USA): “Poll Shows Support for Strengthening UN,” by Monisha Bansal, May
14, 2007.
EFE: The Spanish wire service ran the story “Mayoritario apoyo al papel de la ONU en el mundo, según
encuesta” on May 10. The story was published throughout the Spanish-speaking world. It was also
translated into Portugese: “Enquete revela apoio internacional a papel mais forte da ONU,” and picked up
by mostly Brazilian media.
RIA Novosti (News agency based in Russia, but also translates to other main European languages and
Arabic): “Нации хотят видеть ООН и ее Совбез более сильными и влиятельными - опрос” May 9,
2007.
Partner Nation Press:
Armenia: ArminInfo News "Only 35% of Armenian citizens favor accepting UN decisions, international
experts say" May 18, 2007.
Argentina: Yahoo! Argentina carried the AP story with an altered title: “México es el país que más apoya
a la ONU.”
Canada: Steven Edwards of CanWest authored a long article about the poll which was published complete
with charts and pictures in the print edition of both the National Post and the Ottowa Citizen.
France: La Criox (French national daily newspaper) published “ce qui va mieux; L’opinion mondiale tient au
renforcement de l’ONU,” May 11, 2007.
India:
Press Trust of India (PTI): “Majority of people around the
world want UN strengthened” May 10. PTI distributes to
media throughout India, including the Hindustan Times,
Deccan Herald, and the Times of India.
Yahoo! News Asia ran the AP story “Poll: Americans Back
U.N. Peacekeeping.” May 18, 2007.
Mexico: MSN Latino, the Houston Chronicle’s Spanish
edition, OregonLive.com (The Oregonian's Spanish site), and
Yahoo! Mexico carried the AP story with the title: “México es
el país que más apoya a la ONU.”
South Korea:
Seoul Times: “World Publics Favor New Powers for the UN”
May 14, 2007 (right).
Yonhap News Agency (South Korea): “S. Koreans favor
stronger U.N. but not on nuclear weapons issues” May 10.
This story was also published on the government run site
Korea.net.
Philippines:
Kate Pedroso of the Philippine Inquirer authored "Filipinos don't appreciate UN human rights power—
survey."
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GMA News published "Pinoys 'reluctant' to give UN new powers--survey"
ABS-CBN Interactive published "Survey: Pinoys least likely to back UN probe on rights abuses"
Thailand: Bangkok Post: “Thais, world support UN terror fight” May 10, 2007.
United States:
The PTI story about the poll was highlighted as the “Top Story” in the UN’s Wire service (via email
and radio).
The UN Dispatch, a blog authored by Mark Leon Goldberg, posted “More Pro-UN than You Think” on
May 11.
The poll was mentioned in “Random Samples,” an email digest published by the Polling Report at the
Roper Center (University of Connecticut).
The Coalition for Darfur published “R2P: Publics Around the World Say UN Has Responsibility to
Protect Against Genocide” on April 6, 2007.
“Passport,” Foreign Policy Magazine’s blog posted “When it comes to genocide, public opinion is not
enough” April 5, 2007.
Other National Media:
Angola: Angola Press “ONU: Opinião pública mundial favorável ao reforço da organização,” May 10,
2007.
Germany: Jurnalo published “Poll: Strong support for UN to fight terrorism, genocide,” May 10, 2007.
Portugal:
Diario Digital and Sol carried this article “Opinião pública mundial favorável ao reforço da ONU,”
May 10, 2007.
Agencia Lusa published “ONU: Opinião pública mundial favorável ao reforço da organização –
sondagem” on May 10, 2007. This story was picked up by a variety of news media in Portugal and
Brazil.
Online news sites PortugalMail, and Fabrica de Conteudos published: “ONU deve ser reforçada,”
May 10, 2007.
South Africa: South African Broadcasting Company: “Public opinion support reform of UN" May 12, 2007
Spain: Yahoo! Spain carried the AP article geared toward Mexico titled “México es el país que más apoya
a la ONU” May 10, 2007.
Switzerland: La Tribune de Geneve published "L’opinion mondiale pour une ONU forte” on May 14, 2007.
Turkey: Anadolu Ajansı "Dunya, Bm’nin Guclendirilmesini Istiyor" May 10, 2007.
United Kingdom: On May 4 OpenDemocracy.net published an opinion piece by International Crisis
Group’s Andrew Stroehlin and Gareth Evans titled "A responsibility to protect: a world's view" which
featured the human rights-related release.
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“World Publics Think China Will Catch Up With the US—
and That’s Okay” Published May 28th, 2007
Full Report
What The Media Reported:
Summary: This poll received over 55 hits in the English-language media and roughly 16 hits by other
language media in Chinese, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Notable Mentions:
The international edition of widely circulated American news-weekly magazine Newsweek published a sixpage spread on the poll, which included a mention on the top of the issue’s over (see below) in its June 4,
2007 print issue. George Wehrfritz authored the article titled “China Will Soon Outpace America.”
The article was also published on the Newsweek/MSNBC website (pictured below).
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International Newswires:
AFP: “China to catch up with US economy: world poll,” May 28th, 2007. Notable media outlets that
picked up the story include France24, Zee News, Yahoo! News (US), Daily News & Analysis (India),
China Daily (China), Servihoo online news (Mauritius), China Economic Net (China), Financial Express
(Bangladesh), The China Post (Taiwan), The Straits Times (Singapore), among others.
The article was also published in Portuguese, “China alcançará economia dos EUA, indica pesquisa
mundial” and was picked up by various French and Portuguese-language news media, including O Estado
do Maranhão, and Brazilians news website Ultimo Segundo.
The Spanish translation, “China pronto se codearía con EE.UU.” and “China alcanzará a la economía de
EEUU, según encuesta mundial,” was picked up by news sites such as Diario de Yucatan (Mexico), El
Comercio (Ecuador) and Portafolio (Colombia).
Bloomberg News Network: “Most Americans Think China Will Gain Economic Parity,” May 28, 2007.
Bloomberg columnist William Pesek used the poll as the foundation of an opinion piece about the rise of
China: “China: Hegemonic Threat or Just Another Sputnik?” May 30, 2007. This article was picked up by
the International Herald Tribune, Vancouver Sun, Financial Express (Bangladesh), and Today Online
(Singapore), among others.
Asian News International (ANI): “"China aiming to catch up with US economy, says global poll" was
published by DailyIndia.com (India), Malaysia Sun (Malaysia), Yahoo! (India) and Hong Kong News.net.
Partner Nation Press:
Armenia: Groog Armenian News Network published the press release "World Publics Think China Will
Catch Up with the US - and That's OK" May 30, 2007, and "Polls: Armenians trust China over U.S.; prefer
independence to regional alliances," June 23, 2007.
China:
China Infobank (a business newswire serving mainland China): “民調顯示多數民眾
相信中國經濟將超越美國” May 28, 2007.
Central News Agency Commercial News (a Taiwan-based business newswire):
“民调：老美多数认为中国经济终将与美国势均力敌” May 29, 2007
China Knowledge published "China's economy believed to catch up with U.S." on June 7, 2007.
Iran: “China drawing close to US economy” -- Press TV May 29, 2007.
South Korea:
The Seoul Times published “World Publics Think China Will Catch Up With the US and That's OK”
on May 29, 2007.
Yonhap News Agency: Published "Majority of S. Koreans distrust China, but see it growing into
economic equal of U.S." May 29, 2007.
United States:
All Headline News (A global newswire based in the US): “Survey: China To Join Front Ranks Of
World Economic Powers” May 29 2007.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram highlighted the poll in its “Loose Change” column on May 29, 2007.
Seattle Post Intelligencer published a short piece in its business section titled “China is Gaining.”
May 29, 2007.
A post on Foreign Policy Magazine’s “Passport” blog reviewed the poll, including charts and
graphics.
China Business Review’s “Short Takes,” July 4,
2007 (below).
Platts Commodity News (a US-based news service
covering international energy, petrochemicals and
metals markets) published “China to catch up with US economy:
global survey” May 29, 2007.
The Polling Report featured the poll in its “Random Samples”
column, May 28, 2007.
On June 15, 2007 the World Tribune published "Poll finds most of
world is cool with China catching up with U.S."
China scholar Joshua Kurlantzick wrote "Chinese Soft Power in
Southeast Asia (Part II)" For the Globalist online magazine on July
3, 2007.
Other National Press:
Brazil:
Gazeta Mercantil News "CHINA: País alcançará economia dos
EUA, diz pesquisa" May 29, 2007.
O Estado de São Paulo published “China vai se equiparar aos
EUA, diz pesquisa” May 29, 2007.
Imirante “China Alcancara economia dos EUA, indica pesquia”
May 29, 2007 (below).
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El Salvador: La Prensa Grafica “China alcanzará a EUA según sondeo mundial” May 29, 2007 (below).
Malaysia: Sin Chew Daily (Malaysia's major Chinese-language daily newspaper): “民调：老美多认同
中国经济将迎头赶美” May 30, 2007.
Singapore: Lianhe Zaobao (Singapore's leading Chinese language daily newspaper):
“國際民調顯示多數民眾相信中國經濟將趕超美國” May 30, 2007.
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