Shows how much these people know. Hu Jintao definitely should've been in the top 3, and he likely should've been second. China is the largest and most quickly developing of the BRIC nations, and it is gradually extending its influence all over the world, especially in Africa.

Absolutely ridiculous and asinine Western media propaganda exercise. Means nothing and only shows the commanding stupidity of the poll takers.

Well, humans are not big thinkers when it doesn't come to their immediate selves, and they tend to look for the same qualities in public persons and to show what they are like in a slightly public manner themselves; they can think. The rule seems to be that what is known is most popular with everybody, and they can agree on something because it is. And some people hog up the air and shine their light on more people, so of course they are going to be more popular, but you will reap what you sow later on if you don't transition well and hone in on new, popular qualities that everybody can agree on because everybody can think. If you put a coke in the background, I'll be in a happier mood while agreeing with whatever I'm not actually paying attention to because it's like soda.