The Committee of 100

Corbett | December 17, 2007 5:34 PM

I had never heard of The Committee of 100 until today when I read their just released 71 page survey called "Hope & Fear: American and Chinese Attitudes Toward Each Other - Parallel Survey on Issues Concerning U.S.-China Relations"

The fact that the committee was started by Ma Yo Yo and I.M. Pei seemed like a good reason to take a look.

Three things stood out in my mind while reading this. One was the importance of the Taiwan issue.

"Americans see the top issues of greatest concerns in the U.S.-China relationship as being:
- Loss of American jobs to China
- Growing trade deficit with China
- China's human rights situation
While the Chinese also share the concerns with trade and human rights issues, they name Taiwan as the biggest problem."

I've found a way to poke into this issue when people invariably ask me how long I've been living in China. I ask them, "Well that depends. Does Taiwan count?"

The second thing that stood out was in an Appendix: "The First Thing That Comes to Mind When the Chinese Think about the United States".

For opinion leaders this was:
- War on terrorism/Sept. 11th
- Landmark buildings/Cities
- Invasion/Interference in Intl. Affairs

And the third thing that stood out was:

"The primary personal goals of the Chinese are having a happy family (54%) and getting rich (42%)."

Category: Mr. Asia

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