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Americans see China as a growing superpower – and increasingly say it is the world’s leading economy.
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Americans see China as a growing superpower – and increasingly say it is the world’s leading economy.
A median of 76% of adults in the 24 countries surveyed say China does not take into account the interests of other countries in its foreign policy. Majorities in most countries also say China does not contribute to global peace and stability.
Large majorities in most of the 19 countries surveyed have negative views of China, but relatively few say bilateral relations are bad.
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?
Unfavorable opinion of China in the U.S. is at its highest level in 14 years of polling. Americans also increasingly see China as a threat, and more than half see friction in the current bilateral economic relationship.
Fewer adults have confidence in Joe Biden to handle the U.S.-China relationship than other foreign policy issues.
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