Unfavorable Views of China Reach Historic Highs in Many Countries
Views of China
have grown more negative in recent years across many advanced economies, and unfavorable opinion has soared over the past year, a new 14-country Pew Research Center survey shows.
Pew Research Center survey
Today, a majority in each of the surveyed countries has an unfavorable opinion of China.
And in
- Australia,
- the United Kingdom,
- Germany,
- the Netherlands,
- Sweden,
- the United States,
- South Korea,
- Spain 、
- Canada,
negative views have reached their highest points since the Center began polling on this topic more than a decade ago.
Negative views of China
increased most in Australia,
where 81% now say see the country unfavorably, up 24 percentage points since last year.In the UK,
around three-quarters now see the country in a negative light – up 19 points.in the U.S.,
negative views of China have increased nearly 20 percentage points since President Donald Trump took office, rising 13 points since just last year.Disapproval of how China has handled the COVID-19 pandemic also colors people’s confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A median of 78% say
they have not too much or no confidence in him to do the right thing regarding world affairs, including at least seven-in-ten in every country surveyed.This lack of confidence in Xi is at historic highs in every country for which trend data is available except Japan and Spain.
Pew Research Center