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<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/22/content_496916.htm">www.chinadaily.com.cn/eng...496916.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>The Chinese were only matched by Indians for optimism. Of respondents in India - Asia's other economic success story - 75 percent expected their personal situation to improve.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>By contrast, in the United States only 48 percent of the survey group expected life to get better</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, a fall of 13 points since the last survey, in the summer of 2002.<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=nomo@rigorousintuition>nomo</A> at: 11/27/05 4:17 pm<br></i>

This is significant, because, if Americans are known for one specific psychological trait, it's this pathological and totally unrealistic American optimism. But now, a majority are <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>not</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> optimistic. I guess it could be seen as a sign of health, given the times in which we live. <p></p><i></i>