Gotta love them Yankees.
In this Wednesday’s China Daily, Xie Chuanjiao wrote about a US-based survey called “A Study of American Perceptions of China”, in which two million Americans were polled about their ideas and images of the Middle Kingdom.
A few interesting pieces from the survey results:
- What do Americans associate most with China? Forty-nine percent said the Great Wall, followed by the Beijing Olympics, rice and dragons.
- The most famous Chinese people are Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Mao Zedong, Confucius, Jet Li, Yao Ming, Buddha, Lucy Liu, Genghis Khan and Chow Yun-fat.
- In terms of food, “When asked what are the most popular Chinese dishes, nearly 60 percent said it was rice or fried rice. Others mentioned egg rolls, noodles, wonton soup, fortune cookies, egg drop soup and stir-fried food.”
- When it comes to places to visit, Americans think of Beijing, the Great Wall, Hong Kong…and 22 percent of respondents also mentioned Singapore, which they thought was a Chinese city. Whoops!
