More Americans View China as ‘Enemy’ as Trust in Dwindles, Bloomberg, Apr. 13, 2023.
Pew finds 83% of US adults have unfavorable opinion of nation
Report comes as US-China tensions have worsened recently
Americans are increasingly seeing China as an “enemy” of the US rather than a competitor, reflecting growing public skepticism over the ability for the world’s two largest economies to cooperate, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Some 38% of respondents to the survey labeled China as an “enemy,” up 13 percentage points from last year. More than half those polled described China as a “competitor,” while just 6% said the country was a “partner” of the US.
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