1 Asian Attitudes and the United States Bruce Stokes, National Journal & Pew Global Attitudes Project U.S. Asia Pacific Council April 11, 2008
2 Over 45,000 interviews including… Countries in brown were disproportionately urban samples. Pakistan2,008 Bangladesh1,000 Indonesia1,008 Malaysia700 China3,142 India2,043 Japan762 South Korea718
3 U.S. Favorability Ratings Africa Latin America East Europe Asia West Europe Middle East Median
4 How Asian Publics View the U.S. Percent favorable 2000* %%%% Pakistan Bangladesh Indonesia Malaysia China India Japan S. Korea * 2000 trends provided by the Office of Research, U.S. Department of State. Some data from 1999.
5 How Asian Publics View Americans Percent favorable % % % % % % Pakistan Bangladesh Indonesia Malaysia China India Japan S. Korea
6 How Asian Publics See George Bush Percent favorable % % % % % Pakistan Bangladesh Indonesia Malaysia China India Japan S. Korea
7 How Asian Young People View U.S. Percent favorable % % % Pakistan Bangladesh Indonesia Malaysia China India Japan S. Korea
8 Its Hollywood! Percent favorable for U.S. music, movies and TV % % % Pakistan Bangladesh Indonesia Malaysia China India Japan S. Korea
9 Views of American Exports Admire U.S. science & technology % Western Europe72 Eastern Europe57 Latin America71 Asia81 Middle East69 Africa88 Like U.S. music, TV & movies % Good that U.S. ideas & customs are spreading here % Regional medians.
10 Views of U.S. Democracy, Business Admire U.S. ideas about democracy % Pakistan 6 Bangladesh37 Indonesia 28 Malaysia29 China 48 India41 Japan57 South Korea59 Admire U.S. ways of doing business %
11 Views of U.S. Ideas and Customs Pakistan Bangladesh Indonesia Malaysia China India Japan South Korea Good U.S. customs, ideas here %
12 Perceptions of U.S. Unilateralism
13 Allies and Threats ClosestBiggest ally%threat% PakistanS. Arabia60U.S.64 BangladeshIndia54U.S.72 IndonesiaJapan41U.S.63 MalaysiaChina39U.S.46 ChinaRussia46U.S.66 IndiaU.S.46Pakistan75 JapanU.S.74N. Korea66 S. KoreaU.S.75Japan70 % naming as one of the top three allies/threats.
14 Views of U.S. Policies Oppose U.S. Remove troops from… war on terrorIraqAfghanistan %% Pakistan Bangladesh Indonesia Malaysia China India Japan S. Korea866660