How China Sees the United States

How China Sees the U.S.

What do Chinese people think of America?

     Unlike Russia, China has more of a positive view of American's these days. This video created by New China TV in 2015 hits the streets of Beijing, the Chinese capital, to ask its citizens how they feel in light of the recent trip to America by Chinese president Xi Jinping. There was a large consensus that America was good, prosperous and a land of beauty. They wanted to see a future where there was a better and peaceful relationship between the two nations. Which in my opinion is a great thing to hear. 

     Another interesting reason that the people liked America was because it is where they make their money from. This is due to the fact that big American corporations outsource jobs and employ Chinese citizens for cheaper labor. This discovery is in close relation with the Bradsher and Duhigg article published in the New York Times (2012). In the writing they discussed Electronics factories in China such as Apple outsourcing jobs to Foxconn and other companies which have recently made efforts to improve labor conditions. In hiring social responsibility units and reducing long work weeks there has been a change in favorability within the Chinese communities.  Although these are really just bandages on much larger issues there has been an effort made that is appreciated. Between the years 2013 and 2014 China's support for the United States has gone up ten points making fifty percent of the country in favor of us. This data comes from the interactive on TIME created by Chris Wilson in 2014.