The Pew Research Center, a U.S. polling organization, released its annual survey of Americans’ views on China on April 4, showing that 55 percent of Americans view China as a competitor and 9 percent as a partner; Chinese students, who account for one-third of International Students at colleges and universities across the U.S., are also suffering, with 55 percent of U.S. respondents supporting the U.S. government’s restrictions on Chinese students and one-fifth Fifty-five percent of U.S. respondents support the U.S. government’s restrictions on Chinese students, and one-fifth “strongly support” them.
Forty-three percent of Americans have “no confidence at all” in Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s handling of international affairs, an increase of 5 percentage points compared to last March’s poll; those who had “little confidence” in Xi have dropped slightly, and those who have “no confidence at all” in Xi have increased by 5 percentage points. The percentage of those who were “not very confident” in Xi Jinping has dropped slightly, while the percentage of those who are “not at all confident” has increased, with those who expressed confidence in Xi Jinping remaining below 20% in both surveys.
Following Gallup’s latest poll, Americans’ favorable opinion of China fell to 20%, a new low since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China; Pi You Research Center’s poll released on the 4th also shows that Americans hold a skeptical stance toward China.
According to PiYu Research Center, 55% of respondents view China as a competitor, 34% as an enemy, and only 9% view China as a partner.
The survey results show that 48 percent of respondents believe that the priority of U.S. foreign policy should be to limit the power and influence of the Chinese Communist Party, while only 7 percent disagree with this view entirely; this feeling that “China should be limited” has increased by 16 percentage points compared to 2018.
In addition, when asked whether “human rights” or “the economy” should be a priority in the U.S.-China relationship, 70 percent of respondents chose the former.
This year, Pi U Research Center included a question on “cross-strait tensions”, 28% said it was very serious, 46% said it was somewhat serious, and 23% said it was not too serious or not a problem at all. 76% of the respondents thought the tensions between Beijing and Hong Kong were serious, not much different from Taiwan‘s question.
More than 90% of the public are concerned about the hacking attacks by the Chinese Communist Party, 86% are concerned about the growth of the Chinese Communist Party’s military power, and 85% are concerned about the trade deficit.
Asked about economic and trade relations, the survey results show a strong partisan divide, with 72 percent of Republican supporters saying they should take a tough stance with China, and 60 percent of Democratic or pan-Democratic supporters saying they should create a firmer relationship with China. This is consistent with past thinking among liberal, moderate and conservative Democrats, Piyu noted.
Regarding Chinese students, the PiYo Research Center notes that one-third of international students at colleges and universities are from China, and the number of Chinese students at U.S. academic institutions has tripled in the past decade; the survey results show that 55% support limiting international students studying in the U.S. (about 1 in 5 strongly support) and 43% oppose (18% strongly oppose).
PiU Research Center ran the survey from February 1-7 of this year, successfully interviewing a random sample of 2,596 adults, weighted by gender, race, party affiliation, and educational attainment, to obtain the final survey data.
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