That’s the number of countries, among the 37 nations where data are available from the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes survey, in which a majority or clear plurality name the U.S. as the country that is “hurting the world’s environment the most.”
That’s the percentage of the public who could name the current vice president, Dick Cheney, in a recent Pew survey; In 1989, 74% of the public were able to identify Dan Quayle as the vice president.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, China and its longtime rival Japan are in no mood to celebrate together. A Pew Global Attitudes survey found that 71% of Japanese express an unfavorable view of China and an equal number of Chinese dislike Japan.
That’s the number of people in India who think China will replace the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower at some time during the next 50 years. About a third (32%) think this will happen in the next 10 years.
That’s the percentage of Japanese who think that China’s growing military power is a bad thing for their country. That concern is shared by large majorities of others among China’s neighbors.