Chinese and Japanese people view each other slightly more positively than
last year, according to a survey released on Wednesday at a press conference in
Beijing. The survey is jointly sponsored by China Daily and
Genron NPO, a Japanese think tank similar to the American Council on Foreign
Relations. It also found overwhelming agreement in both countries that
Sino-Japanese relations were important. The survey is a part of
the Beijing-Tokyo Forum, an annual gathering of senior government officials and
representatives from Chinese and Japanese NGOs designed to improve communication
and understanding between the two countries. Conducted every
year for five years now, the survey focused on two different groups of people:
ordinary citizens, and intellectuals. In China, the intellectual group was
comprised mainly of university students from well-known schools like Peking
University. In Japan, the "intellectual" group was mainly made up of previous
members of Genron NPO. Among ordinary Chinese polled, 35.7
percent said they have "very good" or "relatively good" impressions of Japan, a
5.5-percentage-point increase compared with last year. 45.2 percent of Chinese
students had a positive impression of Japan, two percentage points more than
last year. Only 26.6 percent of Japanese have a positive impression of China,
however. Still, an overwhelming majority of the respondents
from each country said Sino-Japanese relations were "important" and wanted their
leaders to deepen talks and cooperation with each other. But
51.9 percent of ordinary people and 42.4 percent of students in China said they
saw no change in relations between the two countries over the last year. In
Japan, 64.8 percent of those ordinary people and 53.4 percent of intellectuals
surveyed shared the view that there was no improvement in bilateral ties this
year. Historical issues and territorial disputes remain two
major obstacles to improving bilateral relations, the survey found. What
concerns the Chinese most are historical issues, visits by Japanese officials to
Yasukuni Shrine, and the Nanjing Massacre. Perceptions on
economic and trade relations have improved, though. About 47 percent of ordinary
Japanese said China had been "helpful" this year in fighting the global economic
crisis, compared with just 30 percent last year. The percent of Japanese
intellectuals who said Chinese economic growth was good for Japan increased from
65.8 percent to 81.4 percent this year. Cooperation in East
Asian issues, trade and investment, energy, and the environment and climate
change top the list of common concerns that people in China and Japan want their
leaders to talk about in bilateral meetings, the survey found.
Civil exchanges were regarded by the most people from the both countries as an
important way to improve relations. 90.7 percent of the students and 85.7
percent of the ordinary people in China and 95.8% of intellectuals and 74.8% of
the ordinary people in Japan viewed civil exchanges as "important" or
"relatively important". Chinese and Japanese both learn about
each other's countries mostly through television news and newspapers, the survey
found.
单选题
Which of the following statements about the survey is true?
A.The survey was conducted on Wednesday at a press conference in
Beijing.
B.The survey is jointly sponsored by China Daily, Genron NPO and the
American Council on Foreign Relations.
C.The survey found that people in both China and Japan generally agree that
the relationship between the two countries is important.
D.The survey mainly focused on two different groups of people: ordinary
citizens, and the university students.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】
单选题
According to the passage, the Beijing-Tokyo Forum ______.
A.is held every year in Beijing.
B.aims at promoting communication between the two countries.
C.mainly attracts representatives from the governments of the two
countries.
D.releases a survey on Sino-Japanese relation every five years.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
单选题
In the last year, ______% of ordinary Chinese and ______% of Chinese
students have a positive impression of Japan.
A.35.7; 45.2
B.51.9; 42.4
C.5.5; 26.6
D.30.2; 43.2
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】
单选题
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the major obstacles to
improving bilateral ties?
A.Territorial disputes.
B.Trade frictions.
C.Visits by Japanese officials to Yasukuni Shrine.
D.The Nanjing Massacre.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
单选题
The survey found that ______.
A.most Japanese had good or relatively good impressions of China.
B.the bilateral relationship was perceived as being improved over last year
by the majority of respondents from the both countries.
C.an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country believed
that the Civil exchanges were an important way to improve relations.
D.The territorial issue ranked among the top list of common concerns that
people in both countries want their leaders to talk about in bilateral
meetings.