China most confident and optimistic country in world – Ipsos survey

A big tick of approval for Xi Jinping and socialist democracy with this one. According to an Ipsos survey called ‘What worries the world – July 2017‘ the vast majority of those surveyed in China – 87% – believe their country is headed in the right direction.

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Other ones to note: Russians are far more confident than Australians, or indeed people in the USA or UK. As a spoiler, though, Saudi Arabians seem to feel pretty confident too. If you are into this sort of thing, burrowing into the repor...