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                Poll: Disdain Between China and Japan Is Mutual

   by VOA News

   The vast majority of Japanese  -- 93 percent -- have an "unfavorable"
   impression of China, and the feeling is mutual, according to a public
   opinion [1]poll conducted by Genron NPO and the China Daily newspaper.

   The results on the Chinese side came in at 86.8%, which this week's
   survey reported as a "slight improvement" from last year's record high
   of 92.8 percent.

   Why all the enmity?

   The majority of Chinese respondents pointed to the territorial dispute
   over the Diaoyu Islands, which the Japanese call the Senkaku Islands,
   while 55.1 percent of those polled in Japan said Beijing's actions "are
   incompatible with international rules."

   As for war, over half -- 53 percent -- of the Chinese polled believe
   "there will be a military conflict" with Japan. The majority of
   Japanese expressed fear of a "conflict within a few years."

   Bad relations

   More than 80% of the Japanese polled believed that Japan-China
   relations are "bad," an increase from last year.  And while 67 percent
   of Chinese asked believe the same, the pollsters said that represents
   20 percent drop, suggesting a slow tick upward in Chinese perceptions.

   Pessimism for the future prevailed on both sides.

   Thirty-seven percent of Japanese expect a downturn in bilateral
   relations. And nearly 50 percent of Chinese said the prospects for
   improvement are dim -- up five percent.

   Tensions between Japan and China flared in 2013 over the disputed
   islands in the East China Sea.

   The poll by Genron NPO, a Japanese-based think tank, was conducted
   jointly with the [2]China Daily newspaper.  It is the 10th such survey
   which the pollsters say is designed to monitor perceptions of the
   Japanese and Chinese public toward each other, and whether or not there
   are changes over time.

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References

   1. http://www.genron-npo.net/en/pp/docs/10th_Japan-China_poll.pdf
   2. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/China-Japan-Relations/2014-09/09/content_18569678.htm
   3. http://www.voanews.com/content/poll-disdain-between-china-and-japan-is-mutual/2446519.html