US Gains Popularity, China’s Approval Drops in Recent Poll

• Pew survey shows a widening gap in public opinion between the US and China in 24 countries.
• 59% positive view of the US, compared to 28% for China.
• US favored in 22 of 24 countries; exceptions: Kenya and Nigeria.

The Pew Research Centre’s survey reveals a significant divergence in public opinion between the United States and China across 24 countries.

This gap has notably widened since the inauguration of US President Joe Biden.

In these 24 countries, a median of 59 percent of respondents hold a positive view of the United States, while only 28 percent express the same sentiment toward China, as reported in the survey released on Monday.

Among the 24 countries surveyed, the United States was viewed more favorably than China in 22 of them. Kenya and Nigeria were the exceptions, where respondents favored China.

Notably, the most significant disparities in positive sentiment were observed in Japan, South Korea, and Poland, where more than 70 percent of respondents leaned toward the US.

The survey also highlighted a parallel divide in the perception of leadership. Confidence in US President Joe Biden’s approach to global affairs was expressed by 54 percent of respondents, while only 19 percent expressed similar confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Pew Research noted that public opinion toward both countries had experienced fluctuations over the years, with some countries leaning toward China during the tenures of former US Presidents Donald Trump and George W Bush.

However, there was an overall improvement in sentiment toward the United States following President Biden’s inauguration, especially after a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“These gaps in views of the American and Chinese leaders reflect both souring attitudes toward Xi in high-income countries and greater confidence in Biden – particularly compared with his predecessor, Donald Trump. Indeed, for much of his presidency, Trump received lower marks than Xi in many places surveyed,” Pew said in an analysis accompanying the poll.

“This also happened at the end of the Bush era in 2007, when limited confidence in then-President George W. Bush and relatively positive ratings for China’s then-President Hu Jintao led to more positive ratings for Hu than Bush in most places.”

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