If people are asked about the other country what is the first thing that comes to their mind. This was the first thing I wanted to find out with the survey described below.
Survey
With a survey I tried to find out what German and Chinese think about the other country and what stereotyped might exist. It was in writing but I was there in person to answer questions. They answered the questions on a scale from 1 to 5 - 1 means "definitely" and 5 "not at all". All in all 63 persons filled in the survey. They were between 16-36 years old, the avarage age was 23,66. Most of them were students at school or university or had a university degree. Because of this this and the few participants this survey is not representative for the opinion of all Germans and Chinese. Besides as I am German some Chinese might have given Germans better "marks" then they would have, if I had not been there in person. However there are some intersting results, which are intresting and might give us an idea about the self- and foreign perception and also the influence of the media on our perception of each other. |