University Of Maryland Poll Shows
Chinese Embrace Capitalism More Than Americans
A poll by the University of Maryland’s Program on International
Policy Attitudes showed that 74% of Chinese citizens agreed with the
statement, “The free enterprise system and free market economy is
the best system on which to base the future of the world.”
The Philippines at 73%, and the U.S. at 71%, were second and
third.
Less encouraging in the Maryland survey was the response of
Europeans. Fully half of the French disagreed that capitalism is the
best way forward. Italians and Spaniards were more supportive with
59% and 63% respectively.
Both Russian and Brazilian citizens had a distrust of large
companies, as well as strong support for government regulation of
the environment.
