[Central News Agency] Polls show that as many as 83% of Americans hold a negative view of China.

Among them, 40% of the American people regard China as the enemy of the United States, an increase of 13 percentage points from last year.

The American public's concern about rising cross-strait tensions has increased to 47%, a sharp increase of 19 percentage points from two years ago.

The latest poll released by the American polling agency "Pew Research Center" shows that 83% of Americans continue to hold a negative view of China, and the proportion with a very negative view has increased by 4 percentage points from last year, reaching 44%. .

In addition, although 52% of Americans still regard China as a competitor, the number of Americans who consider China an enemy of the United States has increased by 13 percentage points compared with last year, reaching 38%.

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Although the poll of 3,576 Americans was conducted from March 20 to 26, before President Tsai Ing-wen transited the United States and Beijing conducted military exercises around the Taiwan Strait, American concerns about tensions in the Taiwan Strait continued to grow , 47% of the respondents thought it was very serious, an increase of 19 percentage points from two years ago.

The American people are also generally concerned about China's role in the world.

After Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Moscow and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 62% of the American people believe that the Sino-Russian partnership is a very serious problem for the United States, an increase of 5 percentage points from October last year. Back to early 2022 post-Russia invasion highs.

The American public also criticizes China's behavior in international affairs.

About 80% of the respondents believe that China is not conducive to world peace and stability; 77% of the people believe that China does not consider the interests of other countries such as the United States.

Amid such concerns, the American public expressed doubts about the possibility of cooperation with China. On issues such as resolving international conflicts, climate change, and combating the spread of infectious diseases, more than half of the respondents believed that it would be difficult for the US and China to cooperate.

For Xi Jinping's international role, the American public continues to be pessimistic.

77% of the respondents expressed no confidence in Xi Jinping's ability to handle international affairs correctly, of which 47% expressed no confidence.

Another 13% of Americans have never heard of Xi Jinping.

As the U.S. executive branch and Congress continue to discuss whether to ban TikTok, the survey shows that 88% of respondents do not have much confidence in Chinese social media's compliance with privacy policy norms, and 87% of respondents also have confidence in Chinese social media's handling of personal information no confidence.

Although this shows to a certain extent that the public is generally skeptical about the operation of social media, the distrust of Chinese social media in the United States is still higher than that of American social media.

(Editor: Chen Zhengjian) 1120413