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    Chinese Embrace Capitalism

    Seven-in-ten Chinese now say that people are better off in a free market economy, even though this means some may be rich while others are poor

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    Chinese Applaud Beijing Olympics

    The Chinese people are nearly unanimous (96%) in believing China’s hosting of the games will be a success, with 56% saying the effort will be very successful.

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    Travel Advisory

    Six of the 10 countries that Americans most like to go to are countries that like Americans.

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    Political Theater

    Fully 78% of campaign coverage in early 2008 focused on political tactics.

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    Chinese Believers in Supernatural

    A 2005 Pew Research survey found that approximately three-in-five Chinese express a personal belief in the possible existence of one or more supernatural phenomena, religious figures or supernatural beings that are often associated with Confucianism and popular forms of Chinese folk religion.

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    Chinese Officials Interested in Religion

    About a third of Chinese government workers and Communist Party officials expressed interest in access to information on religion, the highest level of interest by any occupational group in a 2005 Intermedia survey.

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    Three’s a Crowd?

    A majority of voters want a third political party.

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    Quick Study

    Voters give Obama’s campaign higher marks than McCain’s.

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    Interest Gap

    Democrats are following campaign news more closely than are Republicans.

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    Religious in China

    According to a Pew Global Attitudes survey, 31% of the Chinese public considers religion to be very or somewhat important in their lives, compared with only 11% who say religion is not at all important.

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