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Xi Jinping Is World's Most Popular Leader: Harvard Survey

yellowarse

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Not surprising given China's rising clout, and Xi Jinping's zealous campaign to wipe out corruption.

I'm waiting for the China-bashers (Jar Jar & his clones) from the PAP IB to derail this thread. He'll probably claim that the CCP bribed Harvard to fake the survey. :biggrin:



Xi Jinping tops survey on 10 influential world leaders

He gets highest approval rating in poll co-sponsored by top Harvard school

Published on Dec 19, 2014 6:58 AM


Mr Xi being greeted by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad in September. Mr Xi's overseas
travels have paid off as the survey shows he is rated better in countries he has visited.
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By Kor Kian Beng China Bureau Chief In Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping has topped a rare survey on 10 influential world leaders and their work performance, receiving the highest approval ratings from respondents in China and 29 other countries including Singapore.

In a survey co-sponsored by the Harvard University's prestigious Kennedy School of Government, Mr Xi garnered a 7.5 rating on a scale of 1 to 10 from global respondents, trailed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 7.3 and German Chancellor Angela Merkel with 7.2. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came last with a 6.0 and a 6.1 rating respectively, according to survey results released yesterday.

In the rating by respondents about their own leaders, Mr Xi came up tops with a 9.0 rating, followed by Mr Putin and Mr Modi at a joint second with an 8.7 rating. French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron took the last two spots.

Professor Anthony Saich, director of the Kennedy School's Ash Centre for Democratic Governance and Innovation, said a reason for the domestic approval ratings could be the different political systems the leaders operate in.

"On the whole, in multi-party systems or genuine two-party systems such as in Europe and the US, citizens are more critical of their national leaders and policies than is the case in those nations where politics is less contested," he wrote in an analysis.

But Singapore-based analyst Chen Gang of the East Asian Institute said Mr Xi is genuinely well-received among Chinese respondents thanks to his domestic policies such as the anti-corruption campaign and economic reforms. "I believe Xi's approval rating could be higher than that of his predecessors if a similar poll had been conducted," he added.

Observers said Mr Xi's strong overseas approval rating shows that most countries have a positive attitude towards China despite perceptions of it being a bully over territorial disputes with neighbours. "Since he became the top leader, Xi has rolled out policies that could reap tangible benefits to not just China but also the international community and neighbours," said Peking University analyst Wang Dong, citing the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as an example.

Another key factor could be Mr Xi's overseas travels since taking power in November 2012 as the survey shows he is rated better in countries he has visited, such as South Korea and Indonesia.

Unsurprisingly, Mr Xi fares poorly among Japanese citizens, a clear result of the disputes between the two countries over East China Sea islands and Japan's war-time actions in China.

The survey, conducted in recent months by Tokyo-based GMO Research firm, polled a total of some 26,500 citizens in 30 countries on their awareness of the 10 leaders and confidence in their ability to handle domestic and international issues. There were no details on the number of respondents in each country.

In Singapore, respondents rated Ms Merkel the best in handling international affairs, followed by US President Barack Obama and Mr Cameron. On handling domestic affairs, Singaporean respondents ranked Ms Merkel first while Mr Xi came in second and Mr Obama third.

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I'm waiting for the China-bashers (Jar Jar & his clones) from the PAP IB to derail this thread. He'll probably claim that the CCP bribed Harvard to fake the survey
How come our Deer Leader, the so-called founding father of Sinkapore, is not the world's most popular leader?
 

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Now which face do you like? Of Course the Friendly Left MAH! But on the right is out wreck HAVOC man! Please wait and see!! Hehe :biggrin:

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How come our Deer Leader, the so-called founding father of Sinkapore, is not the world's most popular leader?

That's because the traitorous old fart belongs to that other group of the world's most popular leaders – counting from the bottom, and counting among its illustrious members the likes of Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin. :smile:
 

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Xi Jinping rated world's most popular leader in new survey


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Chinese President Xi Jinping topped both domestic and international ratings in a survey on the popularity of world leaders released this week. In the survey, published by Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, over 26,000 respondents from 30 countries evaluated the performance of 10 of the most widely recognized world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Jacob Zuma, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Francois Hollande.

In the national rankings, where respondents rate the performance of leaders from their own country, Xi received an average of 9 out of 10, higher than any other leader. Chinese respondents were more confident than those from any other country in how their leader handled domestic and internal affairs, with Xi topping the list at 94.8 percent and 93.8 percent respectively. Based on national performance rankings, Xi was followed by Putin (8.7), Modi (8.6), Zuma (7), Merkel (6.7) and Obama (6.2).

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China's party-controlled rags haven't been sheepish in flashing Xi's newfound status (to the rest of the world), although reports from Xinhua, China Daily and the like have conveniently omitted a few key points made by the Harvard study, as Bloomberg Businessweek points out. The study concluded that leaders in countries with greater state control over media would no doubt rate higher than free media nations.

“Where the media tends to be dominated by the government, it is not surprising that the citizens of those countries claim to pay more attention to their own leaders,” writes the Ash Center’s director, Anthony Saich, noting that 93.9 percent of Chinese report paying attention to Xi, compared with just 74.4 percent of Americans with Obama. “In countries where the press is more open and critical, we see that leaders receive lower ratings from their citizens.”

“We see a clear correlation between political systems and the ratings of their own leaders by the respondents. In countries where discussion of leaders is more constrained, the national leaders rate very highly,” Saich adds, citing China and Russia as examples.

Based on international scoring, the Chinese president nonetheless topped the list with a 7.5 rating, followed by Modi (7.3), Merkel (7.2) and Zuma (6.8). These results have been attributed to geopolitics, according to the Washington Post, also citing Saich.

The survey show’s Xi scoring well in Pakistan and Russia, as well as in Tanzania and Kenya and, to a slightly lesser extent, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. These range from geopolitical allies to beneficiaries of Chinese investment and countries where China’s economic model is attractive. He fares less well in rival nations like Japan and Vietnam, and in Western Europe.

[Image via Xinhua // Infographic via CRI]
 

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Of course he is popular. There's one Pinky, one Putin, one Obama, however there's Eleven JinPing. What do you think? :biggrin:
 

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Didn't some 10 year old prick asked Xi to lose weight, but not becoming too skinny like Obama?

A Lionel Messi fan no less. :smile:


9-Year-Old Boy's Advice To Chinese President Xi Jinping: Lose Some Weight


Kat De Guzman |Dec 19, 2014 02:53 AM EST

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(Photo : Photo distributed by Weibo) A copy of the letter allegedly
written by 9-year-old Niu Ziru saying that President Xi Jinping
should lose some weight.



A nine-year-old boy from a primary school identified as Niu Ziru has written a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping via a school project and he pondered his thoughts about a mission to Mars and advising "Grandpa Xi" to lose some weight.

The news was reported by the Zhengzhou Evening News in China and they said that the student is from the central Henan province and his insights were about the space program of China focusing on Mars as a possible habitat for people and his health tips for Xi.

The student wrote, "Xi Dada, You could lose some weight. You don't have to look as slim as Obama. It's all right to look like Putin!" The letter was never sent to Xi but the student's father has posted it on a messaging app called Weixin, which has quickly become viral and a sensational message.

According to the South China Morning Post, the letter is not yet confirmed if it is authentic or not as the father who posted the photo of the letter alongside a photo of his son was not located yet. However, the Chinese government is said to be unamused about the trending topic.

The report and the story about the letter in Zhengzhou Evening News and even in the state-run media called Xinhua Agency have all been erased from the internet. Also, in Weibo, the microblog in China, the student's name has been censored or does not return any results. On Baidu, links to the story are also broken and cannot be accessed.

The letter was written in Chinese but was translated in English and the student first talked about the "next big challenge in space" in reference to the moon and Mars. The student said that although the moon is rich in minerals, it does not have air or water making it not suitable for human life

He adds that the aerospace program of China should change directions and look at Mars as it has air and glaciers, which is also found on Earth. He adds that the United States, Russia, European Union and India are already gearing towards exploring Mars and he said that China should hurry up and be part of "joining in the fun".

 
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If he's number 1 he should do a deed poll and change his name to "I Jinping" instead.
 
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