KENYANS, it seems, are enthralled in equal measure by America and China, a finding from the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Survey that may reflect Barack Obama's Kenyan ancestry and excitement about Chinese investment in Kenya. But for most of the other 20 countries polled, admiration for America and for China is mutually exclusive. France, which is often thought of as a hive of anti-Americanism, has a strongly favourable view of the United States. Like many other European countries it is wary of China. China's greatest admirers, by contrast, tend to be countries that are predominantly Muslim. Russia is the exception to this, although that may be changing. Thanks to recent diplomatic efforts, Russia views America more positively than it did last year.