双语阅读：调查显示多数美国人看好亚洲.docVIP

双语阅读：调查显示多数美国人看好亚洲 2011年09月16日08:43中国日报陈丹妮我要评论(0) 字号：T|T Americans are turning away from Europe toward Asia, according to a survey released on Wednesday showing, for the first time, most US citizens thought China and Japan were more important to their national interest. Americans are turning away from Europe toward Asia, according to a survey released on Wednesday showing, for the first time, most US citizens thought China and Japan were more important to their national interest. The Transatlantic Trends survey found 51 percent of Americans felt Asian countries were more important to them than European Union nations, while only 38 percent thought the opposite. The new American focus was?promptedby both interest in new business opportunities from Asias booming economies and fear of growing competition from the Far East, said analysts. What do people see on TV? ... Booming China, booming India,?implodingEurope. Its natural to ask: Who do we want to?alignourselves with?, said Bruce Stokes, a senior fellow from think tank the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GM) that published the survey. The findings were reversed the last time the survey asked a similar question. In 2004, 54 percent of Americans said Europe was more important to their countrys vital interests, while only 29 percent said Asia was. We may have arrived at a?watershedmoment when the United States looks ... to the Far East as its first instinct, said GM president Craig Kennedy in a statement. The survey, carried out in May and June, asked US and European citizens their opinions on international affairs, the economy and other issues. While 63 percent of Americans saw China as a threat and just 31 percent as an opportunity, majorities in several European countries, including Germany and Britain, said China was an opportunity. Obamas foreign policies proved more popular in Europe, where he scored a 75 percent approval rating, than in the United States, where he scored 54 percent. For the first time