Only 15% of Americans hold a favorable view of China, according to a new national poll from Gallup.
That’s a record low since Gallup started measuring American attitudes on China nearly 45 years ago, and the number marks a 5% drop over the past year, and nearly 40-point plunge since 2018.
According to the poll released Monday, more than eight in ten adults in the U.S. hold a negative opinion of China, including 45% who view Beijing very unfavorably.
"Favorability of China was highest in early 1989, at 72%, but it fell to 34% later that year in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square incident. From that point until 2017, China was viewed in a positive light by 33% to 50% of Americans. For just the third time in the trend, favorability rose to the majority level in 2018 (53%)," Gallup noted. "However, it fell to 41% in 2019, 33% in 2020, and 20% in 2012 and 2022 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic."
