China is more popular than the US in most countries, including in Canada and most of Europe.
US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump’s return
Neither should be popular. Ppl should be suspicious of both.
More popular. I don't think China is popular in general. It speaks to how deeply unpopular the US is right now.
China is authoritarian, but if you look only at the material conditions for democracy like prosperity, peace, education they are better than the US. People fundamentally want to exist and raise families in peace without constant terror, confusion and economic hardship. That is because even they are authoritarian, they can still "afford" to have pro-human or pro-national ideology. In the neoliberal countries choosing that over profit gets you fired or sidelined.
The US is more authoritarian, if anything, especially if you live in a country that's been on the receiving end of its foreign policy.
China is authoritarian
"Authoritarian" doesn't even mean anything as a word, beside being maybe vaguely synonymous with "enemy". Any actual attempt definition of the word is either hypocritical and/or so wide and universally applicable to every state, making it useless.
Also why positive view of US in places like Eu and Canada is sliding is not because people really think America is sliding into non-democracy, or because people see US no longer as an shining example of prosperity, or have people really awoken the reality that US is the worlds largest rogue state and sponsor of terror (Israel, etc.). nor is china really seen as an better alternative.
Those people who most espouse having lost faith into US since 2024 are mainly the liberal-internationalists who are in power in these places (and in the media) would love nothing more than return to the pre-war status quo where EU is the junior partner in the American enterprise called west. They hate Trump and everything he represents, not America. They hate Trump not because he is incompetent or giving bad leadership per se, but because he makes people in places like Brussels and London nervous and makes "the west" look bad or atleast give it a look that more mask off and undignified look than they would like.
What I meant is "having much power / authority without being accountable to some third party". And yeah, taking the mask off is the only good thing about Trump. The US will never get their image back.
PS: The other good thing might be crashing the global economy might be positive for lowering GHG - but at what cost??? (haha)
if I'm from, say, Ghana, I'm judging China based on how China affects Ghanaian people, not on how China affects Chinese people
That's important too, but that isn't just moving the goalpost, it's a completely different metric. But even if you're a staunch nationalist you might look at how Chinese people feel about the system and if you could replicate that system in Ghana.
It’s like comparing diarrhea to poop.
Thanks Trump.
Rivals, opponents, enemies... A traitor trumps them all.
If your "ally" becomes hostile to you then its no surprise.