{"id":29355,"date":"2017-04-06T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2017\/04\/06\/americans-fear-of-china-ebbs-in-the-age-of-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:56:54","slug":"americans-fear-of-china-ebbs-in-the-age-of-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2017\/04\/06\/americans-fear-of-china-ebbs-in-the-age-of-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans\u2019 fear of China ebbs in the age of Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Special to\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Trump-Xi-summit\/Americans-fear-of-China-ebbs-in-the-age-of-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikkei<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days before his first meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that he expects &#8220;a very difficult&#8221; encounter, focused on the trade deficit and jobs. Many Americans share their leader&#8217;s concern about China&#8217;s impact on the U.S. economy. But according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2017\/04\/04\/americans-views-of-china-improve-as-economic-concerns-ease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey<\/a>\u00a0by Pew Research Center, the public&#8217;s worries about U.S. debt, job losses and trade imbalances have eased in recent years, and its overall opinion of China has grown more positive.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today 44% of Americans have a favorable opinion of their biggest economic rival, while 47% express an unfavorable one. A year ago negative views of the country held sway by a 55% to 37% margin. Republicans remain more negative in their views than Democrats &#8212; although, even among Republicans, unfavorable attitudes have become less common.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Trump-Xi-summit\/Americans-fear-of-China-ebbs-in-the-age-of-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikkei<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of that &#8216;difficult&#8217; Xi summit, Americans&#8217; worries about U.S. debt, job losses and trade imbalances have eased, and their overall opinion of China has grown more 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