How views of the U.S., China and their leaders have changed over time
People in 23 countries tend to see U.S. President Joe Biden more positively than Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
People in 23 countries tend to see U.S. President Joe Biden more positively than Chinese President Xi Jinping.
91% of Americans have unfavorable views of Russia and 83% have unfavorable views of China.
Much larger shares of people in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the United States.
Majorities in all but one of 10 European countries had no confidence in Xi Jinping to do the right thing regarding world affairs in a 2018 survey.
Americans have less positive views of China, with a growing share concerned about China’s economic strength instead of its military capabilities.
China is particularly well-liked in Latin America and the Middle East, while the U.S. fares better in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
U.S. negativity toward China increased by 26 percentage points since 2006, and it has been higher than Chinese negativity toward the U.S. every year since 2014.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s tour of the United States comes at a time of many tensions between the two nations. Our surveys capture American public opinion toward China, and Chinese public opinion toward the U.S.
About half of young Europeans ages 18 to 33 have a positive view of China, but that view is tempered by their opinions about that country’s human rights record.
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