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CHINA will eventually overtake the United States as the global superpower, according to the respondents in a major global survey conducted by the US-based Pew Research Center. 中国最终将取代美国成为全球超级大国，根据由美国皮尤研究中心进行的一项主要全球调查的受访者。 The survey, which canvassed the views of nearly 40,000 people in 39 countries, found a majority of respondents expected China, now the world's second biggest economy, to take top slot. 这项调查，征询了39个国家近40000人的意见，发现多数受访者期待中国，现在世界第二大经济，来跃居榜首。 Slightly more than a third of respondents thought China was already the leading economic power, up from 20 percent in 2008. 略超过三分之一的受访者认为中国已经是最重要的经济力量，高于2008年的20%。 Even Americans are split about the future: nearly half said China would eventually overtake their country while the same proportion said it never would. 即使美国人对未来意见不一：近半数受访者称中国最终将超越他们国家，而同样比例的人表示这从来不会。 In Western Europe, the public in all countries polled except Italy - where the US was especially popular - believed that China had topped or already surpassed the US as the world's leading superpower. 在西欧，除意大利之外的所有国家的公众调查，那是美国特别受欢迎的地方——认为中国已经领先或已超过美国成为世界头号超级大国。 | 
