Results of a Survey on the Foreigner’s Feelings of China (PartI)
As China plays more important role in the world, we can see more foreigners know more about China through media. For instance, many foreigners compliment Ali Pay, bicycle-sharing, high speed trains and online-shopping as "new four great inventions". But the content on Baidu encyclopedia gives more details that the compliments are mainly from foreigners who live in the countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. Yet, what are the attitudes of those, particularly living in the US to the fast-developing China? Recently, combining with online interview and visit, I did a survey and drew some conclusions.
The first interviewee is an American teacher, named Bohumingster who taught my oral English when I was a sophomore. The second interviewee is an American undergraduate student named Taryn. Her father is the owner of a farm.The third interviewee is an economic expert of New Zealand whose name is Derek Eaton.
During the interview, the conclusions of three foreigners are various. The conclusions of the first one and the last one are extremely opposite.
Talking about his impression of China, the first interviewee mentioned three aspects: smog in winter, exam-oriented educational system and commercial atmosphere. As a patriot, he didn't like China, but he admired the great achievement made by Chinese people. He traveled a lot in China, but nowhere gave him a deep impression. He and his Chinese wife were back to the US to enjoy the clear air and so-called leisure life one year ago.
In the process of interview, the second interviewee was always very cautious.Since she had never been to China, all she knew about China was through the American media. She deemed that China was a bar-behind country which was still in the process of industrial revolution. She said that things in China were really cheap and numbers of disgusting factories polluted environment. On the contrary, she highly commented Tokyo.As her relatives were working there, she had gone there for visit for three times.
The third interviewee profoundly complimented China. He considered that China was a very clean country with vigorous economy. What impressed him most was the scenery along Min River at night. He liked the sweet food in Fuzhou and the landscape of Three Alleys and Seven Lanes. And he understood the problems in China's development and was optimistic that China would gain accesses to surmount them.
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