The US public has become increasingly hostile towards China as Donald Trump ratcheted up the trade war with Beijing and ramped up his verbal attacks on the Asian nation, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
A Pew Research Center poll conducted between mid-May and mid-June, after the acrimonious breakdown of trade negotiations between senior US and Chinese officials, found that 60 per cent of Americans have an “unfavourable” view of China, compared with just 26 per cent who held a positive view.
This marked a sharp increase in Americans who view China in a negative light compared with 2018, when 47 per cent of the US public said they had an unfavourable view of China, and the highest level of unfavourability since the Pew series began in 2005.