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    Search Engine Use

    The percentage of internet users who use search engines on a typical day has been steadily rising from about one-third of all users in 2002, to a new high of just under one-half (49%).

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    An Enthusiastic China Welcomes the Olympics

    Publics around the world are showing signs of apprehension about China’s growing economic power, its role in foreign affairs and the safety of the products it exports; but the Chinese people are confident that the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will change the way their country is viewed.

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    Extra! Extra! McCain Makes as Much News as Obama

    After accusations of pro-Obama bias and a run of media soul searching, and helped by a heavy dose of controversial attack advertising from his campaign team, Republican nominee John McCain finally forced Barack Obama to share the headlines last week.

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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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    Political Theater

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

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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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    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.