FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Global Attitudes Toward China and the U.S.

Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research, presented Pew Research Center findings on America's global image, views about China and the global balance of power.

BY Richard Wike

FOR MEDIA OR OTHER INQUIRIES:

Communications Department
202.419.4372
www.pewresearch.org

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Pew Research Center, September 2017, "Global Attitudes Toward China and the U.S."

About Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It does not take policy positions. The Center conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, computational social science research and other data-driven research. It studies politics and policy; news habits and media; the internet and technology; religion; race and ethnicity; international affairs; social, demographic and economic trends; science; research methodology and data science; and immigration and migration. Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder.

© Pew Research Center 2026

Table of contents

Global Attitudes Toward China and the U.S.

Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research, presented Pew Research Center findings on America's global image, views about China and the global balance of power.

Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research, presented Pew Research Center findings on America’s global image, as well as views about China and the global balance of power at a recent event organized by Global Policy Link. The presentation is based on data from the Center’s 2017 Global Attitudes Survey, and it highlights declining ratings for the United States around the world, as well as shifting views about the balance of economic power between the U.S. and China. The survey is based on 41,953 respondents in 38 countries from February 16 to May 8, 2017.

Global Attitudes Toward China and the U.S. from Pew Research Center