Americans see both Russia and China in a negative light – but more call Russia an enemy
91% of Americans have unfavorable views of Russia and 83% have unfavorable views of China.
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91% of Americans have unfavorable views of Russia and 83% have unfavorable views of China.
A small but significant share of car owners in the U.S. have traded filling up for plugging in, and many more are thinking of joining them.
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Americans and Germans continue to have notably different perspectives on the relationship between their countries.
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.
People who live in countries where the political system is less than “fully democratic” tend to give Beijing and Moscow higher marks for upholding individual rights than people who live in full democracies, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of public opinion in 38 countries across the globe.
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.
As Russia plays host this week to a critical summit of leaders of the emerging market nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), Russian President Vladimir Putin is especially keen on bolstering ties with the leading economic power of the group – China.
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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