CNBC reports that according to a recent Pew Research Center, negative opinions about China have soared among countries and reached a record high for most of the 14 countries polled.
Negative views of China reached their “highest points” in 9 of those countries since the research center began polling on this issue more than 10 years ago. They were Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United States, South Korea, Spain and Canada, according to Pew. The other five countries in the survey were Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy and Japan.
A majority in each of the surveyed countries had an unfavorable opinion of China, according to the survey, which polled 14,276 adults in 14 countries between June 10 to Aug. 3 this year.
Negative sentiment increased the most in Australia, where 81% of respondents said they viewed China unfavorably — a rise of 24 percentage points from last year. In the U.S., public opinion has also increasingly turned for the worst — up 13 points since last year, and nearly 20 points since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.