Older Americans increasingly negative on China % who say they have an unfavorable opinion ofChina
These are among the findings of a new survey by Pew Research Center, conducted March 3 to 29, 2020, among 1,000 adults in the U.S. The survey also finds that younger people, who have historically been more positive than older Americans toward China, now increasingly hold negative views of the country and are more prone to see it as a threat to the U.S. than in previous years. Older Americans, however, still take a more negative stance than their younger compatriots on most aspects of the U.S.-China relationship.
Older Americans, those ages 50 and older, are more likely than those ages 18 to 29 to have unfavorable views of China. This has been the case every year since the Center first asked the question 15 years ago. But while half or more of those 50 and older have held negative views of China since 2012, this is the first year in which more than half of younger Americans also have an unfavorable opinion. Among this age group, negative views have roughly doubled since the question was first asked.
Older Americans increasingly negative on China  | % who say they have an unfavorable opinion ofChina  | 100 %  | 50+  | 71  | 67  | 65 64  | 60  | 60  | 55  | 53  | 52  | 47 46  | 47  | 44  | 41  | 41  | 53  | 49  | 34  | 44  | 42  | 39  | 37 36  | 35  | 32  | 30  | 29  | 27  | 26  | 26  | 24  | 18-29  | 23  | 0  | 2005  | 2008  | 2011  | 2014  | 2017  | 2020  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted March 3-29, 2020. Q5b.  | "U.S. Views of China Increasingly Negative Amid Coronavirus Outbreak  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 