More people around the world now favour China over the US.

[Otaibayomi]

A study by a US-based think tank, the Pew Research Center, shows that China is now viewed more positively than the US in many countries around the world. This is the first time this has happened since 2002. The study also shows that respondents have more confidence in Chinese leader Xi Jinping than in Donald Trump. The report shows that even close allies are changing their views about the US.

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I am not surprised by the reports of this research. Washington under Trump has done more harm than good to the world. The sponsorship and involvement in the war in the Middle East. The illegal killing of innocent fishermen and the abduction of Venezuela's president, the economic blockade in Cuba, and the threat to take over Greenland. The global economy has not recovered from his threats and imposition of tariffs.

Meanwhile, China is becoming a global peacemaker and bridge builder. They are busy building more viable partnerships as the US is bombing countries. Even within the European nations, China is becoming a reliable partner because of the US's inconsistent trade policies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd959q11g54o

Nobody wins or rather reigns forever, The united states has been in power for quite awhile and it's only natural for another potential world power take over which in this case happen to be China. China on it's own is not a small boy as well even though to nmatch the US of A one on one go hard o, unles you get allies. Another angle to this is America's infamous President, Donald Thrump. He is hated by many because of his Economic policies and his tyranny nature just because he has the power.I remember the adage that says, ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPT ABSOLUTELY

[Dunamisx]

I would like to emphasize one common thing about China and the difference from any US products we are seeing from across the world, there is high level of inferiority, substandard and fake quality productions in China items or let me say economical productions they are making, not because they are found with this but they will only attend to every demand based on the capability or their level of affordability for a standard products and this is why you see both fake and original are being produced in China, while you cannot discover such attempt in United States economy because they are only best known for the standard production without inferiority products.

[Oluwa-btc]

He promised to end wars, but he has failed. Trump got the support of many muslims because of his campaign promises to end the war in Gaza and settle the conflict between Russia and Iran. He seems to have lost focus on these goals and is more concerned with the instability he has caused in the Middle East.

The prediction of China invading Taiwan has always surfaced in discussions like this. However, according to US intelligence and international analysts, China has no plans to invade Taiwan for now. Xi Jinping should have learned from the protracted war between Russia and Ukraine.

One of the most corrupt men in the world and what does he care? Literally nothing. Just a selfish emotionally unstable man dragging tue world economy backwards with his consistent chaos and confusions. All he cares deeply is about the next two years for himself. The war with Russia is a political and strategic one. Keen to see how the Russians react or change the scripts. No such plans for that they just want to trade, and if such is to happen, are they currently capable to go into another military situation? I mean, even with the propaganda, thry still couldn't win iran.

[Doll2233]

This research survey has shown shift in global opinion according to survey 2026 the people of 25 countries out of 36 have shown a favourable point of view for China as compared to United States that mark the China the first time in two decades. This survey also shows that Xi Jinping has received higher confidence rating as compared to Donald Trump.
Public opinion is combination of their trade policy is there diplomacy, domestic policies and their military conflict. China is growing at a fast rate and it influence through their infrastructure, projects, economic partnerships and their trade that is making a positive impact and making it a developing country while the US has some foreign policy decisions and trade relations that have reduced their standing on the other countries.

[Dunamisx]

Every one of us know what we wanted and this is why there are some finished products we may afford to get from China and their son that we cannot even dare try to get from China than in US, this is why there is standard for everything and we must know what we wanted before going for any offer we received, most China productions are being done to meet up the mass demand and the quality may be questioned in such regard, but you can't get such promiscuous ability from United States when is comes to what you demanded for.

[Compromise me]

USA went for an aggressive stance towards the world, while China went for a passive-aggressive stance. It makes Chinese leadership looks more friendly than the North American one, what doesn't mean the world is favourable to China, anyway.

It seems the main difference between both is that Trump enjoys the status and fame, besides power and mostly, money. Meanwhile, Xi Jinping doesn't care about the status and fame at all. Chinese modus operandi focuses on being powerful, but in a more discreet way... Doing their schemes and being highly authoritarian on the shadows, far from the spotlights of the media.

Yes true, Trump is a self centered person, Actually he created tension or discomfort in different countries. All this act basically are going against him, his priority to get control over the resources of different countries by imposing war. His all acts actually created hatred and distract the different countries away from US. While on the other side,China is silently working on it's progress. Because China has different approach, every next day they improve or upgrade themselves especially in technology or economically. The policies or the attitude of the whole nation including their president is admirable. Many countries consider China is a strong economic patner so to strengthen their economy they prefer to build strong relationships with China. So yes, slowly and gradually China will be the first preference of other countries if US attitude remains same.

[Muba20]

The United States has been trying to maintain its hegemony for a long time, but when it naturally fails to maintain that hegemony, it tries to maintain it by force. If we try to maintain hegemony in this era only by force, there will be more conflict but no more support. The policies taken by the United States in recent times were wrong, which have shown a negative impact on the world. In this situation, it is very difficult to maintain their position while China is trying to extend its generous humanitarian hand.

At present, China is as advanced in technology as it is in economics. They are now the most advanced in business. As a result, countries are now eager to increase their trust in China, unlike the United States. Though this is not something that will happen very quickly.

[9ja Amaka]

China is taking advantage of the US harshness on other countries to draw them closer because the US believes that every country in the world needs them to survive but gradually, they're slowly losing these countries to China. The US needs to be careful if not, they will make more enemies than friends because of the orange man actions.

You are definitely correct,  USA really thinks that every country needs them to survive,  so they have been treating them harshly, especially to countries in the Middle East. USA is like the big CIA that tries to check every country and try to unsurp authority on them without even considering how these countries feel. China on the other hand is really taking advantage of it and try to make allies with this countries,  by trying to support them financially and also making trades with them which definitely brings them closer. I believe that if the US continues this way they will definitely lose most of their allies to China and that in turn will make China more powerful than they are right now.

[ruykeri]

It is true that China has now become a favorite country for many people in the world. The USA always wants to dominate the whole world and all countries will follow them. And the USA has deliberately started wars with many countries for various reasons. It is common for the USA to establish its dominance by fighting. No matter which government comes and who is the president, the war policies of the USA never seem to change. And there are many reasons for the increasing interest in China, in that case they do not try to dominate the world by fighting. They have developed technology a lot. They have the ability to compete with any technology in the world. The new president of the USA actually changes many of their rules , trade and sanctions, but this does not happen with China, they remain consistent. Where they are moving forward with long-term plans so that in the future they can dominate the entire world economically and technologically. It is not that other countries are under pressure to rely on Chinese technology, it seems to me that China is actually trying to show its skills and secure its position in the world . And if Russia, China and other countries work together in the future, then the dominance and popularity than the USA.

[Findingnemo]

Is it the people of the country or the government? They have different reasons to think that China is better.

All I know is that China is trapping every country that is in need of debt then they acquire the strategic points to build their army bases in places like ports and airports. They also use this as an opportunity to ease the import fees from Chinese goods and reach more potential customers, that is how they grew their economy in the last decade or so.

[Fiatless]

Donald Trump seems not to give a damn about the global perception of the US. My conclusion is derived from the current tariffs he has placed on different countries. PONTUS didn't spare some of the US's closest allies either, as they were hit with new double-digit tariffs. These are some of the responses of the leaders of US partners that were affected. The US claims that the tariffs were because of forced labour.

Australia: Trade Minister Don Farrell said the country rejected any claims linking Australia to forced labour and they will continue to lobby the United States to remove the tariffs.

New Zealand: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that the new tariffs is extremely disappointing. And that the US investigation did not provide meaningful evidence to support claims that the country supported forced labour.

Japan: The Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, Minoru Kihara, objected to the claims of the US.

The next president of the US would have a huge task of remending the cracked relationship with allies.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/7/24/extremely-disappointing-us-trade-partners-respond-to-trumps-new-tariffs

[marrcelo]

Trump is governing in an aggressive arrogant and irresponsible way, not even the Americans themselves are approving his administration, all the polls show it. Taxing allied countries without an argument just for his own benefit. This war is a total mistake that harms the united states itself and the whole world. The reasons for this war until today nobody knows how to explain. Now China is only worried about external growth, negotiating investing in a balanced and civilized way unilaterally with the allies disappointed with the American government. Today China is the right side, tomorrow nobody knows.