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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 08:26 PM Jan 2016

Study finds Chinese people most likely to think that the world ISN'T descending into hell



Chinese people are the most delusional optimistic* about the state of the world, according to UK polling website YouGov, with 41% of Chinese respondents fancying that the world is getting better (couldn't get any worse).

Out of 18,235 respondents across 17 countries, YouGov found China to have the highest percentage of people answering in the affirmative to the question: "Do you think the world is getting better or worse?"



Hilariously, China's score of positivity is four times the global average of 10%.

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http://shanghaiist.com/2016/01/18/happy_chinese_people.php
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Study finds Chinese people most likely to think that the world ISN'T descending into hell (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jan 2016 OP
Not surprising Egnever Jan 2016 #1
 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
1. Not surprising
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 08:34 PM
Jan 2016

Large swaths of the chineese population are finally getting oportunities never before available to them.

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