Fascinating research by the University of Cambridge!
Whilst in Western liberal democracies (1.2bn people) 75% hold a negative view of China, in the rest of the world (6.3bn people) 70% feel positively towards China. In those countries, China has even overtaken the US!
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I think it would also require communications infrastructure, and/or significant investment from multiple AES media outlets. While Esperanto was designed in and for Europe, I think the simplicity/regularity is enough that it is “”“popular”“” in East Asia and considered much easier than a natural European language. On the other hand Esperantists tend to be Euro fetishizing rad libs for the most part, as far as I can tell. I also wonder if it would be possible for an auxlang to find wider adoption if its practicioners were less idealist and a bit more realpolitik.
I think it would also require communications infrastructure, and/or significant investment from multiple AES media outlets. While Esperanto was designed in and for Europe, I think the simplicity/regularity is enough that it is “”“popular”“” in East Asia and considered much easier than a natural European language. On the other hand Esperantists tend to be Euro fetishizing rad libs for the most part, as far as I can tell. I also wonder if it would be possible for an auxlang to find wider adoption if its practicioners were less idealist and a bit more realpolitik.
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