Rising Enmity Haunts Relations ‘Friendship Poll’ Shows Changing Attitudes Among Chinese, Japanese
Nation Nation Business Steering Watchdog calls Nationwide wheel for apology nuclear safety of life over oil leak inspection A driver-turned abbot puts US company asked to give comprehensive the promotion of Buddhism assessment on cleanup process. completed into top gear. > PAGE 2 CHINA> PAGE 3 DAILY > PAGE 13 FRIDAY, August 12, 2011 chinadaily.com.cn RMB ¥1.5 Rising enmity haunts relations ‘Friendship poll’ shows changing attitudes among Chinese, Japanese By LI XIAOKUN China dropped 10.8 percent- CHINA DAILY age points to 40.6 percent this year, while the number BEIJING — Th ere has been of ordinary people with favor- a sharp drop in the number able opinions dropped 6.5 per- of people in China and Japan centage points to 20.8 percent. harboring feelings of friend- Th e poll, carried out at the ship toward the other coun- same time in the two coun- try following a year of often tries, was conducted from late turbulent relations, according June until early July. It has a LET THE GAMES BEGIN to a poll conducted simultane- margin of error of 1.45 per- ously in both countries. cent. PHOTO BY CUI MENG / CHINA DAILY Th e fi ndings of the survey, Among the Chinese people Shenzhen residents pose for pictures as they watch the torch relay for the 2011 Universiade on Th ursday in the city’s sponsored by China Daily and polled were 1,540 citizens in the Japanese Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Longgang area. Th e Shenzhen Universiade will offi cially open on Friday, attracting about 7,800 athletes and offi cials Inside non-profi t Shenyang and Xi’an, as well from all over the world.
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