Pew Survey: U.S. Image Still Thumbs Down Overseas

Even China ranks higher than the US in a 16 nation survey conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes Project. While Americans score high as hardworking and inventive, we are also thought of as violent, greedy and immoral.

The magnitude of America's image problem is such that even popular U.S. policies have done little to repair it. President George W. Bush's calls for greater democracy in the Middle East and U.S. aid for tsunami victims in Asia have been well-received in many countries, but only in Indonesia, India and Russia has there been significant improvement in overall opinions of the U.S.