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Re:America's reputation drops across the world by whynotmaybe on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:28AM (#43782466)
> China is now seen as a more positive influence than the US. It’s the first time this has been the case during the ten years we have tracked this question. Across the 29 countries covered, an average of 49% say China will have positive effect on world affairs, up 10 points on six months ago.

That's the real change.

The drop of America is consistent with it's president behaviour towards its allies, but it's still surprising that it's so intense that now China seems better for the world than it was a few months ago, even though nothing really changed.

Re:America's reputation drops across the world by palata on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:53AM (#43782843)
China is not openly and repeatedly threatening to invade its allies militarily. And I say "allies", but at this point it's rather "partners". And those ex-allies wish they did not depend so much on the US.
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by p3rls on Thursday April 24, 2025 @11:50AM (#43784170)
China has only one ally, North Korea. Singular. A real dream team of human flourishing.
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by palata on Thursday April 24, 2025 @03:46PM (#43786739)
Are you trying to say that it's better to have an "ally" that threatens to invade you than having a "partner" that doesn't?
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by DeH40 on Friday April 25, 2025 @02:48AM (#43790868)
In fact, China pursues a policy of non-alignment, so it has no allies
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by p3rls on Friday April 25, 2025 @01:17PM (#43796183)
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by gaoryrt on Friday April 25, 2025 @03:15AM (#43791047)
Isn't Pakistan considered an ally?
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by p3rls on Friday April 25, 2025 @01:18PM (#43796191)
Do any of you h1bs know what the definition of alliance is?
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by AlexeyBelov on Saturday April 26, 2025 @01:01AM (#43801080)
Are you.. are you using h1b as a slur?
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by dragonwriter on Saturday April 26, 2025 @01:08AM (#43801098)
Of China? Technically, I believe, no, in the sense of having a mutual defense pact; practically, yes, at least, more so than they are of, say, the US (with whom they also do not have a mutual defense pact), which has legally designated Pakistan a "major non-NATO ally".
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by Ekaros on Friday April 25, 2025 @04:45AM (#43791566)
It is reasonable view point considering history that you don't necessarily have allies. Well Europe had them. But most of the world being screwed over time after time have extremely good reasons to not trust west.

China being all about business is very reasonable, both sides will try to do best for themselves. Which is power dynamic that you can trust to continue.

Re:America's reputation drops across the world by pixelpoet on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:33AM (#43782547)
> even though nothing really changed

Rocking the world's financial markets and disappearing people is nothing? I honestly don't know how to process such an opinion...

Re:America's reputation drops across the world by soco on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:39AM (#43782646)
They probably meant that nothing has changed on the Chinese side to make them suddenly 10% more trustworthy.
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by ZeroGravitas on Thursday April 24, 2025 @10:06AM (#43782968)
They did get to respond publicly to the trade war threats against them and seem to be doing pretty well in supporting the global rules based order as part of that.

Worth a couple of points at least.

Re:America's reputation drops across the world by karmakurtisaani on Thursday April 24, 2025 @11:46AM (#43784136)
I think people tend to think in relative rather than absolute terms here. US going unpredictable makes China seem relatively better, which doesn't translate so well on some absolute scale.

Possibly a better poll would be to arrange the countries in order of trustworthiness etc.

Re:America's reputation drops across the world by whynotmaybe on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:49AM (#43782792)
Exactly what I should have written.
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by gaoryrt on Friday April 25, 2025 @03:10AM (#43791017)
They said no to the US about the tariff war.
Re:America's reputation drops across the world by throwaway5752 on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:34AM (#43782568)
"even though nothing really changed."

I have seen estimates that dissolving USAID has caused 10,000 excess deaths, so far.

They threatened three countries with military invasion.

They placed real punitive tariffs on most of the world besides Russia.

They began abducting legal foreign residents and sending some to a foreign prison camp, and not complying with legal orders to return them.

They are responsible for a surge of detained foreign visitors at the border in prison like conditions, sometimes with limited access to their embassies.

They disavowed NATO, saying Europe would have to be responsible for its own security.

I could go on, but China is in fact a more reliable and a more responsible world actor than the US now.

Re:America's reputation drops across the world by whynotmaybe on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:51AM (#43782821)
Nothing has changed for China and they're now reliable thanks to USA's actions.