Nairobi, Aug. 9 -- Kenyans view China's influence more positively than that of the United States, a new survey shows, reflecting the shifting balance of global economic power as Beijing expands its trade, infrastructure financing and investment footprint across Africa.

The survey, conducted by the pan-African research group, Afrobarometer, found China enjoys the strongest ratings among external powers at 64 percent, followed by the US at 60 percent.

India was ranked third at 48 percent, ahead of the European Union, which also received favourable assessments from 47 percent of the respondents.

Kenya's former colonial power, Britain, was ranked fourth, while Russia ranked least of the sampled superpowers.

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