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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Growing Inequality in China
About nine-in-ten (89%) Chinese identify the gap between rich and poor as a major problem and 41% cite it as a very big problem.
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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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Chinese Very Worried About the Environment
About three-in-four (74%) people in China cite air pollution as a big problem and 66% say the same about water pollution.
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Quick Study
Voters give Obama’s campaign higher marks than McCain’s.
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China the Future Superpower?
A majority of Chinese (53%) believe they will someday become the leading superpower.
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Interest Gap
Democrats are following campaign news more closely than are Republicans.
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Three’s a Crowd?
A majority of voters want a third political party.
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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.