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By DIDI TANG
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40% of Americans now explanation China arsenic an enemy, up from a 4th 2 years agone and reaching nan highest level successful 5 years, according to an yearly Pew Research Center study released Wednesday.
Half of Americans deliberation of China arsenic a competitor, and only 6% see nan state a partner, according to nan report. The findings travel arsenic nan Biden management is seeking to stabilize U.S.-China relations to debar miscalculations that could consequence successful clashes, while still trying to antagonistic nan world’s second-largest system connected issues from Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine to Taiwan and quality rights.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen person some precocious visited China successful nan administration’s latest effort to “responsibly” negociate nan title pinch Beijing. Despite those overtures, President Joe Biden has been competing pinch erstwhile President Donald Trump, nan presumptive Republican nominee successful November’s election, on being reliable connected China.
The Pew report, which is drawn from an April 1-7 study of a sample of 3,600 U.S. adults, recovered that astir half of Americans deliberation limiting China’s powerfulness and power should beryllium a apical U.S. overseas argumentation priority. Only 8% don’t deliberation it should beryllium a privilege astatine all.
For nan 5th twelvemonth successful a row, astir 8 successful 10 Americans study an unfavorable position of China, nan Pew study said.
“Today, 81% of U.S. adults spot nan state unfavorably, including 43% who clasp a very unfavorable opinion. Chinese President Xi Jinping receives likewise antagonistic ratings,” nan study said.
About 8 successful 10 Americans opportunity they person small aliases nary assurance successful Xi to do nan correct point regarding world affairs. About 10% said they person ne'er heard of him.
American attitudes toward China person turned mostly captious aft nan U.S. launched a waste and acquisition warfare against China successful 2018 and since nan emergence of COVID-19, which was first reported successful China. Beijing’s quality authorities record, its closeness to Russia and its policies toward Taiwan and Hong Kong besides person near Americans pinch antagonistic views of nan country, according to Pew’s erstwhile analyses.
At nan aforesaid time, nan U.S. authorities has been overt astir competing pinch China connected economical and negotiated issues.
Following that, 42% of Americans opportunity China is an force of nan U.S., nan highest level since 2021, erstwhile Pew began asking nan question.
The stock is overmuch larger among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, Pew said, pinch 59% of them describing China arsenic an enemy, compared pinch 28% of Democrats and those leaning Democratic.
Older Americans, blimpish Republicans and those pinch a sour position of nan U.S. system are much captious of China and much apt to see nan state an enemy, nan study said.
“Americans besides spot China much negatively erstwhile they deliberation China’s power successful nan world has gotten stronger successful caller years aliases erstwhile they deliberation China has a important magnitude of power connected nan U.S. economy,” said Christine Huang, a Pew investigation associate.
“Even pessimism astir nan U.S. system is related to really Americans measure China: Those who deliberation nan economical business successful nan U.S. is bad are much apt to spot China unfavorably and to spot it arsenic an enemy,” she added.
Pew said a nationally typical sample of 3,600 respondents filled retired online surveys and that nan separator of correction was positive aliases minus 2.1 percent points.
