According to this report, China favours pakistan as much as India!! I thought Pak was china all weather friend

Why Bangladesh preferred India as threat in this topic... Not sure this survey done with proper ground info...

The USA has always been the biggest supporter of Pakistan...and yet many Pakistanis hate USA ?...there is nothing more the USA could do for this country but somehow radical haters of the west and religious extremist are convinced USA is the enemy?...the USA has never fought against Pakistan and American leaders consider Pakistanan ally in the war on terror...it really makes no sense and I am convinced there is nothing the USA can do to change this unjust negative attitude...

Why Pakistanis like Chinese so much ? Despite the fact many Chinese even don't know about Pakistan as their bordering country (this is my personal experience). This one sided love is not comprehensible. I don't say you hate them but view them the way they view you.

with just over a thousand people interviewed per country on average,i doubt its correctness in assessing opinion of nations.

@ How Asians View each others: Since when US is in Asia ? Just noticed for Pakistan, china is a favorable country with a massive figure of 78 (don't know the basis of scale i mean what is 78 but one can understands), while on the other hand for China Pakistan is favorable country with below average figure of 30. Well i am not surprised with the results. Just sharing this out of my interest, I had friends from China, and according to them their old generation e.g father or uncles know and regard Pakistan much more than they do. Well I was not surprise, because at that time we were also Champions of Hockey, Squash, Cricket, and winning Gold medal in CWG and Olympics was not an alien idea for Pakistan. We can feel the slippery slope under our feet, no body knows for how long we going to be sliding on this or may even fall or rise again.

How can the US be the greatest threat and ally for Indonesians at the same time?

@Tina its the people's view not Government and we all know what Chinese government think of India and Pakistan...

I think Pakistan is not a threat to india in comparison with china

i am still digesting this. for pakistan -china tops the list of allies -india comes third in the enemy list and the biggest. just two decades back, USA was at the top of allies list and today, it tops the enemies list. Pakistan is like a teenage girl through mood swings.

According to the survey China views US as top threat so how come in the "Favourable views of..." graph US scored 50 while Pakistan and India only managed 30??? According to that pie chart India or Pakistan should be the top threats to China and not US

@ProudtobeanINDIAN But of course, everything else is correct.

@ProudtobeanINDIAN actually, i can see that happening. Also disappointed with pakistanis. what do we Indians have to do to become your preferred country to hate :D

@ProudtobeanINDIAN Because of indian support for Mrs Wajid.

United States has become above enemy number one for Pakistan, as it has now tilted towards arch rival, India, with civilian nuclear technology, and now ready to supply arms to make a regional power.

@ProudtobeanINDIAN I work with both Indians and Bangladeshi quite regularly. As per my on-the-ground limited chit chat in Dhaka with people from all walk of life, Bangladeshi people have mostly a negative perception of India and they consider it to be an enemy rather than a friend. The animosity generally revolved around water distribution and border related issues and I got the feeling that Bangali's dont trust India in the long run. This may not be the case with the current Bangladeshi government who are more in favor of India than Pakistan. I am interested to get an Indian perspective on this as well if it can be kindly provided.

@Tina This is people's perceptions as opposed to a view on the government policy. The chinese government is an all-weather friend of the Pakistani government.

seems like nobody likes pak.

Far-away from from the reality.....

In fact US is a threat to the entire humanity. But their days are numbered. Surprisingly, the country that was destroyed with US Napalm saturation bombing considers US its ally!!!

Pakistan should be worried about its own perception. Not even Chinese have a favorable perception of Pakistan who are overwhelmingly in favor of Chinese. As long as we kill each other and beg for money from others, we will not be seen as trustworthy and worthy of friendship.

@Eddied Not sure when USA favored Pakistan in its history or when USA came to help it as its ally. Compare what USA is doing for Israel or has been doing for her and then things will be clear what allies do for others. Pakistan can always rely on China as an ally, though things are changing recently.

Lovely read !

Wonder why the US is giving so much aid to Pakistan. It should stop all aid and let China do the honours!

@Anil Nair I don't consider India as our enemy.... If it makes you feel better. We Pakistanis are our worst enemies. I believe religious extremism is the number 1 threat (enemy) of Pakistan. Pakistan and India should normalize their relations and open trade, commerce.. This region has so much potential that one day it can be the one of the most developed regions of the world. We need to learn from Europe, 2 wars now EU.

Superb Analysis

The US does pretty much everything for it's own interest. Life isn't fair. When Pakistan was in that situation in Bangladesh and Afgahnistan they did the same thing. People always claim the US created the Taleban and forgot them today it's back firing. Pakistan did the same thing for it's own agenda in the 80's and left the Taleban to evolve into what they are today. Going back to the topic. What does the US have to do to prove it's not Pakistan's ememy? Why should the US solve Pakistan's problems when Pakistan isn't even trying to solve them it self.

without america helping pakistan financially and militarily,pakistan would be doomed

Pakistani leaders, clerics and teachers have taught hatred of India, Afghanistan, US, West, Jews, Shias, Ahmedis, Bengalis and liberals since the country was founded. The only losers have been Pakistanis themselves are we are the ones drowning in this ocean of hate.

This does not make sense: In one part of the survey, 70% of Bangladeshis have a favorable view of India & yet in another part, they consider India as a threat. Anyways, its good too see that most people in US & Japan view India favorably. This credit largely goes to the hard working & high achieving Indian diaspora. Pakistan on the other hand has its work cut out in order to build its global reputation.

Another point for the Pakistanis to chew: As per the survey, 78% of Pakistanis approve of China & yet only 30% of Chinese approve of Pakistan (same as India). If this was a love affair, it would be pretty much one-sided.

@ravi One thousand is a decent sample size for even a populous country such as US (310 million) as this can give results that are within 3 to 4 percent error. While statistical sample is never 100% accurate they are fairly reliable. On thee other hand opinions, relative to attitudes and values can experience shifts in a short time.

I cannot believe 70% of Bangladeshis have a favorable view of India or that Bangladeshis view America as their greatest ally. We hardly hear such views among the people. Most Bangladeshis have a very low opinion of India. I might be wrong, but the report seems to go against popular perceptions.

@Asad we have given residence to 1 crore Bangladeshis to settle in INDIA when their country is in trouble. But they still thinks that INDIA is a threat to them. So they always want favors from INDIA. So it is waste to think of these people. they always want to send their people to INDIA, and if the jawans at border send them back, they will tell that we are their enemy. What any body can do we if have neighbors like them.

@Eddied you don't understand the bitter history between the US and Pakistan, read some history. We are now in 2 different ships heading in different directions. As india is now the US ally in south asia going forward, you will learn the treacherous nature of the Americans. The Chinese are not at the stage yet where they as arrogant and conceited as the Americans. They probably will be some day, as most empires do. But Pakistan will have to jump that fence when we come to it.

We view China as ally and US as threat? Impossible then who'll pay our huge foreign aids. Or the survey groups would have visited a school having influence of the Imran Khan thoughts.

@Asad - When you share border with certain countries and you throw your weight around for resources, it is quite likely your neighbor country would not like you. Check your best friends China's relationship with its neighbors :) I also have issue with Bangladesh, I live in Gurgaon which is a cosmopolitan satellite town near Delhi. All the maids and rickshaw pullers here are Bangladeshis (90%). They have started taking over other occupations like house keeping in corporate offices, vegetable hawkers and will definitely move up in the value chain. India has very high unemployment rate and even our people are fighting for the same jobs (though I doubt this survey has representation from that class), we have a porous border, high Bangladeshi population in eastern states and sometime casualties as well on the border. For me Bangladesh has lot more damaging impact on Indian economy (which is hidden), than with Pakistan where we direct military confrontation (though inflated defense budget is PIA). I think you have a similar situation with Afghanistan which is being overlooked. On other note, I think the survey questionnaire design was flawed, though more likely they wanted to keep things this way. Respondents would have ticked closest ally, highest threat from same bunch of countries (separate question and hence single country can be threat and ally at the same time). Same goes for favorable views (please tick from bunch of countries which you think have favorable/ good relationship with your countries)

@Eddied Can we be honest? US support a country where she has the highest ROIC or has strategic value. In Pakistan US has both, highest return from Pakistani leaders to follow American policies and Strategic value as it is close to Iran and previously known Russian backed country Afghanistan. Other places, like African countries/central american/pacific islanders/asian countries US just send missionaries, like Cuba/China/India/etc

@Eddied Right America is hatered by extrimists which were used as tool againstRussia.To sell their weapon and have friendsof rigid muslim to fight for jihad now that exterimist are doing propoganda againstAmerica to much.In 1980all these extremist were getting dollers and weapons from America they were playing friendship with America farming Talban after word that extremist became terrorist of weapon killing each other and they provoke cruility killing each other and also inocent people on earth destroying peace onearth a beautifull plannet created by Allah and Allah order inholy booksQuran Bible and zaboor to hate cruility on earth.Because of this sin almighty Allah never forgive.So best policey is to safe the earth from cruility.Donot sell weapon to terrarist mind set to destroy humankind.Must judge the mindset now then America get popular inthe world.Must check crualmind set in so called Muslim country.

@Eddied Right America is hatered by extrimists which were used as tool againstRussia.To sell their weapon and have friendsof rigid muslim to fight for jihad now that exterimist are doing propoganda againstAmerica to much.In 1980all these extremist were getting dollers and weapons from America they were playing friendship with America farming Talban after word that extremist became terrorist of weapon killing each other and they provoke cruility killing each other and also inocent people on earth destroying peace onearth a beautifull plannet created by Allah and Allah order inholy booksQuran Bible and zaboor to hate cruility on earth.Because of this sin almighty Allah never forgive.So best policey is to safe the earth from cruility.Donot sell weapon to terrarist mind set to destroy humankind.Must judge the mindset now then America get popular inthe world.Must check crualmind set in so called Muslim country.

good time pass to read...

@Tina here Old people still love Pakistan, however new generation is more fascinated by English Speaking countries, esp: US and Canada.

@Eddied I agree with you. US has always helped Pakistan

@Eddied in Urdu there is a proverb for the people like American leaders, "Hathi k danth khane k or dikhane k or"....!! word to word meaning would be, an elephant has different set of teeth that it shows to the world but uses other set to eat...! i don't know if it makes any sense to you but it suits both Pakistani and American leaders very well..!! and the Pakistani public has no problem with the American public, its the US Government they have issues with!!

@Asad to me as a Indian Bengali - Bangladesh is a non issue .... but when I meet one on the street, I just say hi. Don't know why they hate us so much as you stated. But in my personal life I have met enough Bangladeshis and didn't feel any animosity from most of them :)

@Eddied Pakistan is not considered by US as an ally, it is just considered as a slave country where they have to give just enough money to safe guard their own American interests. No matter how Pakistani interests are disregarded in the process.Their abhorrence was visible when Pakistani leaders demanded an apology and they showed a cold shoulder. Posing to be friends whereas in reality an actual threat! Taking steps to make India regional power, establish Indian regional hegemony, check mating each of China's efforts to improve Pakistan, not approving IP pipeline for this energy hungry country just because of American interests!

@Eddied It is possible this liking of the Chinese is due to the admiration of hardwork and economic achievements of China. However, there is a fallacy there. The Chinese development is due to their being non-muslim. ie US jews and christians have systematically stymied Pakistan and Islamic world's attempts at development from their religious bigotry and hatred. Now, after the 9-11 falseflag people have seen an IRREFUTABLE proof of it and this is the reason for the mood swing. For example, US is trying to weaken Pakistan's bargaining position regarding India on the Waters by 9-11 falseflag during which India built the DAMS while USA distracted us to the Western Borders. Next, USA is trying to create friction between Pakistan and China by the Xinjiang thing and also USA helped China more than she helped Pakistan in investment. Pakistan has recognized what the Iranians recognized already before 1979.

Never forget 1971. And check this out for yourself independently. India, after the surrender of Pakistan Army in East Pakistan, gave orders to its forces to move to the western border. The instructions were simple but brutal, " To destroy Pakistan Army for good." They probably would never have gotten a better chance. It was the movement of the American Seventh Fleet towards the Indian Ocean, and specific threat by Nixon to Russia to immediately stop any further Indian ventures, that stopped the catastrophe. We should read history before having epileptic fits against the USA. I am sure that USA, like any other country, had its own interests at stake. It was fortunate that it considered survival of remaining Pakistan as its prime interest.

@Tina yea but didnt you notice that China is most threaten by US aswell? This is economic factor. Almost half of china's economy is dependent on Us consumption.

@Asad It is strange.I work in Sydney and i have Bengladeshi freinds at work and out side work - no problems.Also i know a few Pakistanis.I find that i prefer to have Bengladeshi freinds because they dont talk about religion and zionist/US conspiracies all the time.

@arsil and Its always people who you should be counting on.

@Eddied Pakistan welcomes the donation/aid made by USA and the arms supplied by USA to fight Taliban but used elsewhere and at the same time hate USA and blame them for all the trouble in their land! So much for a receiving country blaming the aid giver

Well Polished data done by Phew Research Centre from Washington DC. This is one part of mind game by US deemed organisation. I guess one should not care for such numbers. Who cares what % is favoured or not ......This is one more aspect of Western and europian countries to divide and gain among asian countries. One should learn from china, as they don't care whatever, still they pump tons of goods in world market and is still going......

@Dr. Liaqat Yusufzai Your comments are 100% right.

Pakistan biggest threat is Pakistan itself (Its policies against various Issues) and India's biggest threat is increasing Population.

@Eddied well may be u are not aware of the history...USA has betrayed pakistan more than any other country...in 65 and 71 war the help from USA never arrived...we paid i repeat PAID for f-16s and got red beans after 15 years instead.. even now USA has not released payments of over 1 billion US $ which it owes...and remember these r not aids or grants or loans...pressler ammendment...dont u remember...and USA left us in the lurch after USSR was defeated in Afghanistan with Pakistans help. even now Americans dont trrust us..no direct flight from Pakistan to USA...not even cargo flights...this is the trust we recieve..plus u sign a nuclear deal with India and dont allow us to build a gas pipeline with Iran..u tell us to build a gas pipeline from Turkemanistan via afghanistan....and remember we r the country which has the power shortage problem for the last seven years..!! open your eyes and stop watching FOX...you wil find out why we hate USA..>!!

surveys are most of the time controversial, but i personally agree to this survey, China is our best friend, and Americans are so selfish how can we believe them

I am Bangladeshi and most of us like Indian people, but we don't consider modi Govt. as an ally just because the leaders use to talk against us all the time before election

@Dr. Liaqat Yusufzai - Dr Sahib, no you can't "view them the way they view you". Its not as simple as that when we need more help from than the other way round. They are a superpower and an economic hub. For them we are just a small economy amongst many for them.

@junaid this is called "sampling" it is not a "survey" where everyone is covered. I am sure Pew has choosen sample size scientifically -- there are tomes of mathematical books on the subject of "sampling" - if you care to read......it works and it is scientific

@junaid u have a total of 68 medals in CWG... When u were wining medals in it?

@Tina One possible explanation can be the attitudes of Chinese people,they talk business.No doubt India have way more trade with china than Pakistan do. Given the same magnitude of trade dollars with India and Pakistan these figures would vary a lot.

So from 1971, when US was sending its 7th fleet to attack India, India has lost the number 1 enemy position to your former ally number 1? What did we do wrong?

@Eddied non-interference at least in-public goes a long way in keeping a positive perception. US was better perceived in Pak until it decided to impose nuclear sanctions in the nineties - that was irreversible damage. Change of US position on Kashmir and branding separatists as terrorists under Indian pressure was also another nail in the coffin. US hot headed policy to invade Afghanistan directly damaged Pakistan.

@Eddied agreed it to some context

@Tina No it doesn't. Bangladeshi is closest to Pakistan in terms of who China views favorably. However, I wonder how come only 30% Pakistanis like Chinese.

@Tina No. China knows that a wise enemy is better than a stupid friend. And she knows the difference.

@Eddied Pakistan was forced to become ally in the war on terror and PakistanIs have paid a heavy price. US only used Pakistan for its own game.

China & Japan hate each other more than India & Pakistan hate each other (7% vs 8% favorable for China/Japan & 13% vs 15% for India/Pak). This shows there's still hope for India & Pakistan !!

so the Japanese like us and we like China... looks like we got confused... ~ wrong asian

Most of Pakistani who love US are already settled in US while who cannot migrate hate the US.

@Jayeed Naseeree If Banglas have a very low opinion of India then how come they all wat to come to India? Open the border and eveyone Bdeshis will flee to India!

@Dr. Liaqat Yusufzai - Chinese people love Pakistan and it's people. You may met a Chinese who is same as our villager in Pakistan who doesn't know much outside world. I met thousands and even visited China, all know Pakistan and have respect for Pakistanis.

@Eddied Support has been self serving :)

@Dr. Liaqat Yusufzai My personal experience is very very differnt

@Eddied well there is something that US could do, 1. Stop drone attacks inside Pakistan Territory. 2. not meddle in Pakistan's internal affairs. 3. Stop building up fortress like embassies in our country

This i snot true. How can US be the Ally and same time threat to Indonesia. There is problem with the sample pool

@Muhammad they are mostly giving amounts to army to fight against Jihadist ,who are now threat to them.These jihadist made US to run from Afghanistan.

@Amarnath My friend USA has never been in Pakistani publics good book.....!! and untill India changes its policy towards Pakistan they will still be considered enemies too... mind you its the governments i am talking about...

@Dr. Liaqat Yusufzai Yes but chinese in gernal know Pakistan as a friend.

@Concerned pakistani Also include "Secularist extremists"

india is the top enemy of Pakistan. hindu nation will keep making life difficult for rest of the religions until controlled by a power Muslim leader. only Muslims can keep this hindu beast in control for thousands of years like they did before.

@Eddied USA left Pakistan alone to cope with unleashed and uncontrolled Taliban trained by CIA after defeating Soviet. USA was the first one to impose ban after Pakistan announced nuclear capability and suddenly removed all the bans when the WAR on terror was impsoed on Pakistan. Since then, thousands of Pakistani Army personeel and civilian are killed, ecomonimic stablility is gone for long, Pakistan has spent more than what has been funded by USA and still USA asks Pakistan to Do More and blames Paksitani intelegence agencies and Army. These are only a few reasons why Pakistani see USA as a threat. I repect your views, but please research neutrally on this topic and you will get the sence of why there is a negative attitude among Pakistanis for USA

@Anil Nair because you are stealing all the water, Muslims are treated very fairly and never killed in riots, you are the World's biggest weapons importer so we have absolutely nothing to worry about.

@Sajjad Khan But they do not issue tourist visa to Pakistanis. Friends indeed.

@gerry d And still they would hate USA.

@Tina , though your exclamation is not completely out of place, the report actually shows that China (30%) favours twice as much as India (15%)

@Tina according to International relations, no country is enemy or friend of another country. China may be investing a lot in Pakistan, so does the US. We consider US our enemy and China as friend, however, no one can safely say what lies ahead. India and China are already bridging ties with one another. In case the World War III (for example) then no one can safely say who's on whos side. you can learn it from World War I and World War II. All I can say is money matters, if China is investing in Pakistan then its not for Pakistan rather than for its own benefits. 68 years have passed we are still seeking help from China and US to discover our resources as we are too lazy (not up to the standard) to do so.

@Eddied this shows the ignorance of US public.

@Tina There is no term "all weather friend" in international relations. Its a fallacy. Friendships between nations are always based on self interests and mutual benefits.

Obama gives rights which threat the innocent and power to the criminals e.g.he gives Israel the right to kill Palestine.

@Haroon "How can the US be the greatest threat and ally for Indonesians at the same time?" Approximately half of the Indonesians would have classified US as a friend due to trade and beneficial business relationship between the two nations. The other half is probably the faith-addled half who perceive USA as the enemy of their faith. Hence the logical dichotomy. But the fact that 80% of Pakistanis regard China in a positive light, while only 30% of Chinese hold Pak positively, says a lot of things.

Honestly despite of our past I would always be comfortable being a friend of Pakistan than any other country, come on where will i get the same food, language,culture etc.... So I request all fellow Indian and Pakistani's friends to start being more favorable to each other, imagine you being stuck in a distant planet, who will you talk to first or eat same kind of food? Just remove all hatred and have a fresh perspective being more realistic, don't be a pawn for these so called Super Powers.........

A good attempt but with some flaws, it contradict itself in couple of areas.

@mubashar There is a direct PIA flight from Lahore to NY, phone them up I am sure they will be happy to help you. Also remember that you have to solve your own problems, nobody will come to your help, not even your best friend China.

@ProudtobeanINDIAN But on another pie-chart towards the bottom, Bangladesh puts India almost on par with Japan in their favourable views! Bit odd and conflicting with Bangladeshis

I have noticed many people saying that '' Why US is considered as an enemy ? where as US has supported Pakistan on many fronts and provided multifold aids at the time of need. But all these readers do not take into account, The real damage that Pakistan has to face being Ally of US is three time more than what we reap. Also i simply do not understand why we Pakistanis like china so much ( I dont like them that much) , Considering they have a bigger trade and bilateral relation with India and all we get is ''LIP SERVICE''.

US has always been a friend of our leaders but enemy of Pakistan and you cannot fool 160 million people....

@Akram so you mean jump the ship and latch to another ally for more money....never try to build your own economy...this sums up a typical pakistan

@rashid siddiqui What you said did happen. Nixon and Kissinger 'fell in love' with Ayub Khan around the time 1971 war took place. (I am not 100% sure about the name of Pakistani general I mentioned here). America felt this Pakistani general was their only known gateway to China. This is also the reason why Kissinger did not let Indira Gandhi to have an audience with Nixon about Bangladeshi refugee influx.

@Eddied check how many people in US favor Pakistan. Its similar

I think this iss a very accurate description of the reality.india is seen very positively or positively by all countries except Pakistanis . Need to bridge that trust deficit for progress and peace

how many Pakistanis view Pakistan favorably?

Report shows that national interests are preferred over emotions and so called friendships except Pakistan which prefers emotions and friendships over national interests. When a true leadership will emerge in Pakistan, Allah knows.