American views of China improve before Xi-Trump summit, Pew report finds

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American warmth toward China has ticked upward prior to the presidential summit, driven by fading pandemic memories and shifting economic views.

Ahead of a high-profile summit between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, a new Pew Research Centre report shows that American views of China have warmed in recent years despite remaining predominantly negative. On a zero-to-one-hundred feeling thermometer, the average rating for China rose from twenty-eight in twenty-twenty-one to thirty-seven. Experts attribute this shift to fading memories of the coronavirus pandemic, recognition of Chinese technological innovations, and growing disaffection with ongoing trade conflicts.

The average American feeling thermometer rating for China increased by nine points compared to the year twenty-twenty-one.
Experts credit the improved public perception to growing awareness of Chinese technological innovations and declining attention given to the pandemic.
Disaffection with President Trump's trade wars contributed to the shifting attitudes among the American public.

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37feeling thermometer rating

28feeling thermometer rating

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Public sentiment polling before leadership summits often shapes the political leeway and diplomatic tone available to negotiating heads of state.

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Outlets agree that Pew Research Centre findings show an improvement in American public sentiment toward China ahead of the summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

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