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US and China fall from global favour

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Published: June 27 2007 20:35 | Last updated: June 27 2007 20:35

Anti-US sentiment has grown in many parts of the world over the past five years but attitudes towards China, the strongest challenger to US hegemony, have also worsened, according to a survey of global public opinion.

Favourable opinions of the US have fallen in 26 of 33 countries where people were questioned since 2002 and confidence in President George W. Bush has collapsed in most parts of the world.

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