Yes, on the one hand we are very critical of the pollution that has run rampant in China, and we also are fearful of losing leadership in green/clean energy, but in-between those headlines is respect from opinion leaders in the US that China is proactively addressing its energy issues through clear policies and ample investment.

While the actions are real, and the role played by China important, American opinion will be more affected by sustained dialogue and actual results more than the delayed revelation that China said something to a relative of the dear leader.

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Zogby International was commissioned by CNBC to poll of likely voters regarding their economic outlook and opinion about various policies that could be adopted. The poll is notable because it included questions about perceptions towards China – parsing out correlation between economic views and views toward China is a key point of interest these days.

Pew Global Attitudes Project shows global perceptions on US & Chinese leadership. What can we read into numbers from such surveys? Is national pride or despondency distorting true opinions?

Quite a few blog entries and articles have been posted around the web regarding the CCP’s initiative to “channel public opinion.”  Authors mainly cite two pieces of information:
a) Hu Jintao’s June 20, 2008 speech on …

How does the Chinese public know what it thinks?  My own characterization of the last 30 years posits three stages of evolution:
1) from the Communist Party and government institutions telling the population what to think,
to …

I am attending a conference in Chicago on global branding that aims to marry best practices from both countries. It is difficult to pull this off because the location always dilutes the efficacy of …

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Not like most Chinese care, though. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 80% of Chinese think the Internet should be managed or controlled, and 85% think the government should be responsible for doing …