7 facts about Hindus around the world
With Diwali celebrations underway, here are some facts about Hindus around the world.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Few Americans see a third Xi term as a major problem for the U.S.; other concerns about China have grown
Only three-in-ten Americans say it is a very serious problem for the United States if Xi Jinping assumes a third term as China’s leader.
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How Global Public Opinion of China Has Shifted in the Xi Era
The Chinese Communist Party is preparing for its 20th National Congress, an event likely to result in an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping. Since Xi took office in 2013, opinion of China in the U.S. and other advanced economies has turned more negative. How did it get to be this way?
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Some Americans’ views of China turned more negative after 2020, but others became more positive
While 26% of U.S. adults became more negative toward China between 2020 and 2022, 17% became more positive toward it.
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Black Americans Have a Clear Vision for Reducing Racism but Little Hope It Will Happen
Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.
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India’s Sex Ratio at Birth Begins To Normalize
India’s artificially wide ratio of baby boys to baby girls – which arose in the 1970s from the use of prenatal diagnostic technology to facilitate sex-selective abortions – now appears to be narrowing. Son bias has declined sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters.
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Large shares in many countries are pessimistic about the next generation’s financial future
A median of 70% of adults across 19 countries say children in their country will be worse off than their parents financially when they grow up.
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Partisanship Colors Views of COVID-19 Handling Across Advanced Economies
A median of 68% across 19 countries think their country has done a good job dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, with majorities saying this in every country surveyed except Japan. However, most also believe the pandemic has created greater divisions in their societies and exposed weaknesses in their political systems – and these view are especially common in the U.S.
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Documentary: Being Asian in America
In this companion documentary, Asian American participants described navigating their own identity. These participants were not part of our focus group study but were similarly sampled to tell their own stories.
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Extended Interviews: Being Asian in America
The stories shared by participants in our video documentary reflect opinions, experiences and perspectives similar to those we heard in the focus groups. Watch extended interviews that were not included in our documentary but present thematically relevant stories.
