China has emerged as a global economic superpower in recent decades. It
is not only the world’s second largest economy and the largest exporter
by value, but it has also been investing in overseas infrastructure and
development at a rapid clip as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. A
new Pew Research Center survey finds that, particularly in emerging
markets, publics largely have a positive view of China’s economic
stature. People generally see China’s growing economy as a good thing
for their country and believe China is having a predominantly positive
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But, even while China’s rise is largely perceived as positive in
emerging economies, there are pockets of discontent. First, even in the
nations that welcome China’s economic growth, few feel similarly about
its growing military might. Rather, most tend to view China’s growing
military as something bad for their own countries. Second, China’s
neighbors generally take a much more negative stance toward China’s
military and economic growth than other countries surveyed. For example,
in the Asia-Pacific region, more tend to see investment from China as a
potential liability, giving Beijing too much influence over their
economies. These same countries are also more likely than others to see
U.S. economic influence in their country positively. And, when it comes
to developed countries, views of China are much more mixed to negative.
Generally, countries with stronger human rights records and lower levels
of corruption tend to be much less keen on China.
When it comes to comparisons with the United States, generally
speaking, China’s economic influence is seen in similar or even slightly
more positive terms. Most publics are about equally sanguine about the
state of their country’s bilateral economic relations with China and the
U.S. Majorities in most nations also say both the U.S. and China have a
great deal or a fair amount of influence on their country’s economic
conditions. But, when rating that influence, more people say China’s is
positive than say the same of the U.S.
Throughout this report, there are times when we will report
34-country medians and times when we will report 16-, 17- or 18-country
medians. This year’s annual survey focused heavily on European public
opinion three decades after the fall of communism. Because European
respondents were already being asked so many region-specific questions,
we did not ask them the entire suite of questions about China and the
global balance of power that were asked in other regions.
Throughout the report, data is reported for all countries where the
question was asked, so any differences in the number of countries
presented in a given section stems from some publics not being asked
certain questions.
More still name the U.S. as the foremost economic power than say the
same of China. For example, across every country surveyed in Latin
America and sub-Saharan Africa, as well as many in the Asia-Pacific,
people name the U.S. as the top economy. In the U.S., by a 50%-32%
margin, Americans name their own country as the leading economic power,
though there are stark partisan differences in these evaluations, with
Republicans and Republican-leaning independents being more likely to
name the U.S. than Democrats.
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