Pew poll: 40% of Chinese people do not trust Obama

> Pew poll: 40% of Chinese people do not trust Obama CNN said that the polling agency Pew Research Center released a survey showing that respondents who believe that China and the United States are cooperative partnerships...

Pew poll: 40% of Chinese people do not trust Obama CNN said that a survey released by the polling agency Pew Research Center showed that the proportion of Chinese respondents who believed that China and the United States were a cooperative partnership fell sharply from 68% two years ago to 39%. China's positive views and opinions on the United States have shown a rapid downward trend in the past two years. 43% of adult respondents have a favorable opinion of the United States, compared with 58% in 2010, a decrease of 15 percentage points, but those who have a disfavorable opinion increased from 37% to 48%, an increase of 11 percentage points. 39% of the respondents believe that the United States and China are a cooperative partnership, compared with 68% in the last poll, a significant decrease of 29 percentage points. Those who believe that the relationship between the two countries is hostile increased from 8% to 26%, an increase of 18 percentage points. The number of Chinese who have confidence in President Obama dropped to 38% from 52% two years ago, a decrease of 14 percentage points, while those who have no confidence increased from 30% to 41%. In 2009, 57% of Chinese people approved of Obama's foreign policy; today, only 27% agree. The Chinese also gave Obama low marks on how to deal with global economic problems and the "Asia Axis" policy. Most Chinese people are worried about the intentions of the United States, with 52% of Chinese people believing that the United States is trying to prevent China from becoming a great power. In addition to the decline in U.S.-China relations, the Chinese are also not optimistic about China's relations with Japan and India. More than 40% of the respondents believe that China and Japan are hostile, only 30% believe that China and Japan have a cooperative relationship, and 39% believe that China and India can cooperate. Compared with two years ago, there has been a significant decline. Nonetheless, it needs to be pointed out that attitudes towards the United States vary widely among different classes of Chinese society. Young, well-educated, high-income Chinese who live in cities are more willing to accept American pop culture and ways of doing things. Urban residents and high-income earners who are under 30 years old, slightly college-educated, say they like the American view of democracy. Most Chinese prefer a more open society. The survey shows that Chinese people still have reservations about China's economic development. 48% of respondents believe that the United States is the leader of the global economy, while only 29% say that China is already leading. The Pew Research Center conducted face-to-face interviews with 3,177 Chinese adults from March 18 to April 15 this year.