From the article I read, most countries had favorable things to say opposed to negative. Many people have strong views of the United States and it is not surprising that people who come from places such as the Middle East and South Asia have a negative perspective. Unlike the Middle East and South Asia, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Asian countries- South Korea and Japan the U.S. is pretty popular. I found this statement interesting since we just talked about civil rights: “remarkably pro-Americanism of sub-Saharan Africa is its own interesting phenomenon- many Africans are keenly aware of how well African Americans have been doing since the civil rights movement, and see it as a point of African pride that the leader of the world's most powerful country has roots in their continent.” China saw the U.S. and in both a negative and positive light. They saw the U.S. as a symbol of prosperity and possibility, but unfavorable due to Western imperialism and disrespect. Since we live in the United States we don’t really realize how closely we are watched around the world.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/11/who-loves-and-hates-america-a-revealing-map-of-global-opinion-toward-the-u-s/
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