Editorial note: This isn’t a comfortable story, and if we were an ad-funded outlet or a large corporation with a political motive, I’m not sure we would have run it. New polling shows Mexicans now view China more favorably than the United States. Stories like this don’t attract advertisers — they attract complaints. But we don’t answer to advertisers. We answer to subscribers, which means we answer to accuracy. That’s not an abstract principle — it’s a direct function of the $89.99 a year that funds us instead of a media buyer’s budget.
Travis Bembenek, CEO
In fact, in most of the 36 countries surveyed by Pew — including Mexico, Spain, Italy, Australia and Argentina — more people have a favorable view of China than of…
