Australia is a key pillar of the network of alliances that upholds American dominance in Asia and the Pacific. Australia and the U. What happens to Australia, therefore, has tremendous consequences for U.
Read: One by one, my friends were sent to the camps. The dispute between Australia and China has been brewing for years. Like the U. The countries even entered into a free-trade agreement in That led to new legislation designed to curtail foreign influence. Beijing duly went ballistic.
To force Canberra to back down, the Chinese government unsheathed what has become its weapon of choice against recalcitrant nations: economic coercion. Among other measures, Chinese authorities suspended the export licenses of major Australian beef producers; imposed punitive tariffs on barley and wine; and instructed some power plants and steel mills to stop buying Australian coal.
We really masterfully produce trash. Marijuana legalised a few years back. Medical marijuana maybe 15 years ago. Separation of church and state. No religion in public schools going back to the '70s. The marriage equality vote was a landslide. Our limited access to the countryside A British user bemoaned the fact that Australia doesn't have "rights of way" like they do in the UK.
Orlock wrote "Australian national parks are awesome, but the network of footpaths across the countryside in the UK is a great way of making it accessible". Another Brit chimed in, writing "Agreed. Being able to wander through paddocks and farmland is great.
And both the grandparents and grandchildren get so much from that close relationship". NZ is one of the few nations that I think have done it right, and it was amazing having Maori culture as a part of everyday life.
And even though South Africa definitely has a long way to go on dealing with racism apartheid was still a thing in my lifetime, and I was only born in the '90s there was still a lot more integration or presence of the native culture. Food, music, clothing, language. To this day my strongest memories of South Africa and the few trinkets I have from there are heavily influenced by that culture. Biltong and miele pap, Ndebele dolls and beautiful handwoven items, bright African print fabrics, any music with a Zulu influence makes me a little homesick.
And the markets in South Africa where you'd find a lot of this stuff. Sorry Queen Victoria market, you've got nothing on them.
AnonForOtherReasons wrote "one thing above all else that France does better is their reverence for meals. Like, not just the food, but the act of sitting down together for a meal. This flows on to a number of other things that are better, but the fact that all of France stops at midday for an hour or two for lunch, every day, is where it all stems from. I went to, what is apparently, the best private school in the area, and they didn't even teach us Geography.
Where we learned about the history of QLD, and tectonic plates. We had the choice of only two languages, Japanese and German??? Graphics and IT were essentially the same class, the only difference was the teacher. In most places, a majority says the American health care system is at least below average, including around two-in-ten in Australia, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, New Zealand and Sweden who say it is the worst among developed nations.
Only in Taiwan, Greece, Japan and Singapore do at least a quarter describe it as above average or the best. When it comes to evaluations of the U. First, younger people tend to be more complimentary than older people. For example, younger people are more likely to describe American entertainment products as above average than older people. Younger people in some places are also somewhat more likely to praise the American military, universities and technological achievements.
For example, two-thirds of New Zealanders under 30 say American universities are the best or above average, while only around four-in-ten of those 65 and older say the same.
Those with higher levels of education also tend to see America in a more positive light. This is particularly the case regarding American technological achievements and entertainment but also true in some publics — and especially those in the Asia-Pacific region — when it comes to evaluating American universities or its military. Wealthier people, too, tend to evaluate all of these same dimensions more positively than those who are less well off financially.
Men are also somewhat more likely to describe many things about America as above average than are women. Women are also somewhat less likely to provide an answer to some of these questions. Those who think the U. Canadians who see racial and ethnic discrimination in the U. Ratings of the political system in the U. People are split on how the U. And very few in any public surveyed think American democracy is a good example for other countries to follow.
Most people say democracy in the U. For more on views of the U. Still, on balance, publics say the U. But a substantial minority — a public median of roughly four-in-ten — believe the U. These numbers represent an upward trend. Between and , there was a steady decline in the share who said the U.
But in Canada and across Europe, the share who say the U. Yet, despite relatively positive views when it comes to American personal liberties, publics express a great deal of concern about discrimination against people based on their race and ethnicity in the U. The survey was fielded nearly a year after anti-racism protests broke out across the globe, sparked by the killing of George Floyd and other Black Americans by police.
The level of discrimination against people based on their race or ethnicity reflects poorly on the political system in the U. Via Flickr: abcd. Flickr: henkimaa , Via Flickr: infomofo. Google Maps. Flickr: arpitak , Flickr: spelio.
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