Americans are critical of China’s handling of COVID-19, distrust information about it from Beijing
Americans expect China’s international reputation will suffer because of how the country has handled the coronavirus outbreak.
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Americans expect China’s international reputation will suffer because of how the country has handled the coronavirus outbreak.
Few in 14 advanced countries have confidence in either Xi or Trump, and many are critical of how both countries have handled the coronavirus outbreak.
Fewer adults have confidence in Joe Biden to handle the U.S.-China relationship than other foreign policy issues.
Though younger people tend to be more internationally oriented than older adults, they differ from one another over how they want their country to engage with the world.
Unfavorable views of China also hover near historic highs in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed.
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.
Wide majorities in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed say having people of many different backgrounds improves their society, but most also see conflicts between partisan, racial and ethnic groups.
Negative views of China predominate in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. China also receives unfavorable marks from many neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region.
More countries still name the U.S. as the foremost economic power than say the same of China. And, even in nations that welcome China’s economic growth, few feel similarly about its growing military might.
In the U.S., concerns about political corruption are especially widespread. Two-in-three Americans agree that the phrase “most politicians are corrupt” describes their country well.
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